Rosamund Holland-Martin
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Rosamund Holland-Martin | |
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Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the NSPCC | |
In office 1969–1988 | |
Dame Rosamund Mary Holland-Martin,
NSPCC
Holland-Martin was part of the NSPCC for over 50 years, serving as chairman of the Central Executive Committee for nearly two decades (1969 - 1988).[1] During her decades with the charity, she played a crucial role in the establishment of the NSPCC's position as Britain's leading child protection organisation and helped to engineer its development into a modern professional body.
Dame Holland-Martin played a significant role in fund-raising for the organisation's 1984
After 19 years in the chair she retired in 1988, but she never lost interest and she continued to attend meetings and speak whenever invited. By the time she left, the NSPCC had increased the funds it raised from under £500,000 in 1947 to more than £20 million a year.
Family life
She was the fifth child of
In 1942, Rosamund Hornby joined the
Personal life
In 1951, Hornby married Captain Douglas Eric "Deric" Holland-Martin (later Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin), a naval officer (10 April 1906 - 1977), fourth son of Robert Martin Holland-Martin.[2]
They had two children, Emma and Benjamin, who both work for the NSPCC. Lady Holland-Martin went twice to
Later life
After her husband's death in 1977, she took on his former role as a
She continued to be a member of the NSPCC central executive committee until 1992 and later became a vice-president. For her work for the Women's Voluntary Service' she was appointed
Death
She died in 2001, eight days before her 87th birthday, and was interred near her home in Worcestershire.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Burma, Countess Mountbatten of (4 July 2001). "Obituary: Rosamund Holland-Martin". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Genealogy of the family". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
External links
- Gillian Wagner (2004). "Martin, Dame Rosamund Mary Holland- [née Rosamund Mary Hornby], Lady Holland-Martin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8.
- Countess Mountbatten of Burma, "Rosamund Holland-Martin" (obituary), The Guardian, 4 July 2001
- "Royals at funeral of Lady Holland-Martin", Worcester News, 5 July 2001