Hornsby-Smith, Patricia, 1914-1985

found: Patricia Hornsby-Smith, 1953:title frame (Ms. Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Member of the British Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health)

found: Ocford Dictionary of National Biography, via WWW, September 4, 2013(Smith, (Margaret) Patricia Hornsby-; Baroness Hornsby-Smith (1914-1985); politician, was born on 17 March 1914 in East Sheen, near Richmond, Surrey; for ten years Hornsby-Smith worked as a private secretary in engineering, electrical, and textile firms; she also worked for an employers' federation; in 1941 she became principal private secretary to Lord Selborne, minister of economic warfare; in 1945 she was elected to Barnes borough council, and served as a councillor until 1949; between 1947 and 1950 she also sat on the Conservative Party's executive committee; at the 1950 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament for Chislehurst; in 1951 she was appointed parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Health where she remained for six years; from 1957 to 1959 she was parliamentary under-secretary at the Home Office, and from 1959 to 1961 joint parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance; in 1959 she became a privy councillor; her ministerial career ended in 1961 when she was created a dame of the British empire; she lost her seat in 1966, but regained it in the 1970 elections, serving until February 1974; in May 1974 she was created Baroness Hornsby-Smith; she died, unmarried, on 3 July 1985; although she never reached the cabinet, Hornsby-Smith was a relatively well-known politician: as a woman MP, minister, and then member of the House of Lords)