Bridget Cracroft-Eley
Bridget Katharine Cracroft-Eley
JP (29 October 1933 – 29 August 2008)[1]
was a British secretary, farmer and magistrate.
Born in
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Weston Cracroft-Amcotts and his wife Rhona Clifton-Brown, daughter of Edward Clifton-Brown.[1] In 1995, she received an honorary doctorate from De Montfort University and in 2003 from the University of Lincoln.[2]
Cracroft-Eley was appointed
Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1995, an office she held until her death.[4] In 1997, she became High Steward of Lincoln Cathedral.[5]
On 31 October 1959, she married Robert Peel Charles Eley (1931-1996), son of
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2008 New Year Honours.[4] She died in August of that year at her home in Hackthorn, aged 74, of a brain tumour.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "p. 18406 § 184057 - Bridget Katharine Cracroft-Amcotts". Retrieved 12 January 2007.[unreliable source]
- ^ "University of Lincoln, Official Website – News". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ "No. 51678". The London Gazette. 17 March 1989. p. 3357.
- ^ a b "Obituary – Bridget Cracroft-Eley". Market Rasen Mail. 2 September 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ a b c "Bridget Cracroft-Eley : Obituary". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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