Elizabeth Irving
Elizabeth Irving JP | |
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Born | 14 April 1904 |
Died | 9 January 2003 | (aged 98)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | actor |
Dorothea Elizabeth Irving, Lady Brunner,
Life
Born at 1
She married Sir
From 1951 to 1956 she was the Chairman of the National Federation of Women's Institutes (W.I.) and in 1955 founded the Keep Britain Tidy Group.[5] She was President of the group for 19 years from 1966, after which she was its senior vice-president. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1964 for her work with the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign. She was the Chairman of the Women's Group on Public Welfare for ten years from 1960, and Chairman of the Henley and District Housing Trust.[4] From 1968 to 1971 she was a member of the General Advisory Council of the BBC.[2] The Brunner Buildings at Denman College, the Women's Institute's own Residential Adult Education College near Oxford, are named after her.
Elizabeth Lady Brunner died of heart failure at her home, Greys Court, in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire on 9 January 2003 aged 98.
One of her three surviving sons is Sir
See also
References
- ^ Wareham, Stephanie. "The autumnal beauty of trees across Buckinghamshire". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Obituary in The Daily Telegraph 28 January 2003
- ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 556
- ^ a b Shirley Anglesey, 'Brunner , (Dorothea) Elizabeth, Lady Brunner (1904–2003)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan 2007; online edn, Jan 2009 accessed 3 March 2010
- ^ "History of the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign". Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
External links
- Irving on the Peerage.com
- Obituary in The Independent 15 January 2003
- Obituary in The Daily Telegraph 28 January 2003