Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley
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Violet Emily Mildred Bathurst, Lady Apsley CBE |
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| Member of Parliament for Bristol Central |
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In office 18 February 1943 – 4 July 1945 |
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| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Allen Bathurst |
| Succeeded by | Stan Awbery |
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Violet Emily Mildred Meeking 29 April 1895 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 19 January 1966 (aged 70) Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Allen Bathurst (m. 1924; d. 1942) |
Violet Emily Mildred Bathurst, Lady Apsley, CBE (née Meeking) (29 April 1895 – 19 January 1966) was a British Conservative Party politician. Upon the death of her husband Lord Apsley, she succeeded him as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol Central in a 1943 by-election. She held the seat until 1945 when it was taken by Labour candidate.
Violet Mildred Emily Meeking was born on the 29 April 1890 in Marylebone, London the daughter of Captain Bertram Meeking of the 10th Hussars and his wife Violet Charlotte (nee Fletcher). She would later use the name "Viola".
During the First World War she served with a Voluntary Aid Detachment at Marsh Court Military Hospital. She had an early interest in politics and was president of the Southampton Women's Conservative Association in 1924.
On 27 February 1924, she married Lord Apsley and they had two sons: Henry Allen John (1927–2011) and George Bertram (1929–2010).
Apsley gained her pilot's licence in 1930 and served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during Second World War, resigning her commission after being elected to Parliament.
Her husband died in an aircraft accident in 1943, she succeeded him as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol Central in a 1943 by-election with a majority of 1,559. In the 1945 General Election Lady Apsley lost her seat, she contested the Bristol North East seat between 1947 and 1951 but was not re-elected to parliamenty. Between 1952 and 1954 she was a member of the Central Council of the Victoria League. She held numerous offices in the Conservative Party, and was National Chairman of the Women's Section of the British Legion. She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours, "for public and social services".
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