Evelyn Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley
Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley was a British Conservative Party politician.Early life
Emmet was the daughter of Lilias Georgina and the diplomat Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell. Among her siblings were Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell, Hon. Gloria Rodd, Hon. Peter Rodd, and Hon. Gustaf Rodd.
She was educated at St Margaret's School, Bushey and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.Career
She was a member of London County Council from 1925 to 1934, representing Hackney North, and a member of West Sussex County Council from 1946 to 1967. Emmet was the first Chairman of the Children's Committee of West Sussex County Council and also Chairman of the Child Guidance Committees.
Emmet was a member of the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee 1951 to 1954.
At the 1955 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead. She held the seat until 1965, when she was elevated to a life peerage as Baroness Emmet of Amberley, of Amberley in the County of Sussex, triggering a by-election in East Grinstead.
In the House of Lords, she served as deputy speaker from 1968 to 1977.Personal life
On 9 June 1923, she was married to Thomas Addis Emmet, a son of Maj. Robert Emmet and the former Louise Garland. Emmet was a cousin of New York philanthropist Charles Garland. Together, they were the parents of four children:
- Hon. Gloria Lavinia Eileen Emmet, who married Maj. Mark Winton Slane Fleming in 1950.
- Hon. Christopher Anthony Robert Emmet, who married Lady Miranda Mary Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop in 1947.
- Hon. David Alastair Rennell Emmet, who married Sylvia Delia Knowles, daughter of Willis Knowles, in 1967.
- Hon. Penelope Ann Clare Emmet, who married Hugo Money-Coutts, 8th Baron Latymer, son of Thomas Burdett Money-Coutts, 7th Baron Latymer.
Lady Emmet died on 10 October 1980.Arms
