Valerie Goulding
| Valerie Goulding | |
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| Born |
Valerie Hamilton Monckton 12 September 1918 Ightham Mote, United Kingdom |
| Died | 28 July 2003 (aged 84) Dublin, Ireland |
| Other names | Lady Goulding |
| Alma mater | Downe House |
| Occupation | Campaigner |
| Years active | 1951–1984 |
| Known for | Co-founder of the Central Remedial Clinic in Dublin, Ireland |
| Parent(s) |
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| Relatives | Gilbert Monckton (brother) |
| Lady Valerie Goulding | |
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| Senator | |
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In office 1977–1981 |
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| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Valerie Hamilton, Hon. Lady Goulding (12 September 1918 – 28 July 2003) was an Irish campaigner for disabled people and senator who set up the Central Remedial Clinic in 1951, now the largest organisation in Ireland looking after people with physical disabilities. She served as a member of Seanad Éireann from 1977 to 1981.
Born Valerie Hamilton Monckton, she was the only daughter of Mary Adelaide Somes Colyer-Ferguson and Sir Walter Monckton (later 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley). She was born at Ightham Mote, which was owned by her maternal grandfather, Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, until his death in 1951. Her only brother, Gilbert (1915 - 2006), became a Major-General in the British Army. She was educated at Downe House, near Newbury. Both Valerie and her brother, Gilbert, would ultimately convert to Roman Catholicism.
Her father was a British lawyer and politician, and became chief legal adviser to King Edward VIII during the Abdication Crisis in 1936. She acted as her father's secretary and courier during the crisis, carrying letters between the King and the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin.
In the Second World War, she joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry before switching to the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In Dublin for a race meeting in 1939, she met and soon married Irish fertiliser manufacturer and art collector Sir Basil Goulding, 3rd Baronet and moved to Ireland. However, her husband moved to England to join the RAF, ending the war as a wing commander; meanwhile, she served as a second lieutenant in the British Army. After the war, the couple returned to Ireland, where Sir Basil and his family managed Goulding Chemicals.
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