Evelyn Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley

Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley, Amberley in the County of Sussex of (birth name: Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Rennell Rodd; * March 18, 1899, † 10 October 1980) was a British politician of the Conservative Party, the long nine years Members of the House of Commons was, and in 1964 was as a result of the Life peerages Life Peeress Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords.

Life

Rennell Rodd Evelyn, daughter of politician and diplomat James Rennell Rodd, graduated after attending the St Margaret 's School in Bushey study at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. From 1923 Thomas Addis Emmet closed marriage two children were born.

Her political career began when she was elected in 1925 for the Conservative Party member of the London County Council, to which it belonged until 1934. After the end of World War II Evelyn Emmet 1946 Member of the Council of Graftschaft West Sussex and stayed in that until 1967 a member. At the same time she served from 1951 to 1954 as a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Women's Association of the Conservative Party ( Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee).

In the general election of 26 May 1955, she was first elected as deputies for the Tories in the House of Commons and represented in this up to their mandate resignation on December 31, 1964 the constituency of East Grinstead. During this time she was 1954-1955 President of the Conservative Party.

Shortly before her retirement from the House of Commons it was raised by Letters Patent of December 8, 1964 due to the Life peerages Act 1958 as Life Peeress with the title Baroness Emmet of Amberley, of Amberley in the County of Sussex in the peerage and thus belonged to her death in the House of Lords as a member. When necessitated by their retirement from the House of Commons election ( By-election ) on February 5, 1965 at East Grinstead constituency could Geoffrey Johnson Smith of the Conservative Party with 24 896 votes clearly against the candidate of the Liberal Party, Richard G. Holme, and the Labour Party, Jon Evans prevail, who received 14,279 votes, or 6101.

During their membership in the House of Lords Baroness Emmet worked 1968-1977 as one of the deputy speakers ( Deputy Speaker ) of the House of Lords.