Lilian Lenton

Lilian Lenton
Lilian Lenton in a Home Office surveillance photograph of c.1912
Born(1891-01-05)5 January 1891
Leicester, England
Died28 October 1972(1972-10-28) (aged 84)
NationalityBritish
OccupationSuffragette

Lilian Ida Lenton (5 January 1891 – 28 October 1972) was an English dancer and militant suffragette, and later a winner of a French Red Cross medal for her service as an orderly in World War I.[1] She committed crimes, including arson, for the suffragette cause. In 1970 she was invited to unveil the Suffragette Memorial.

  1. ^ The National Archives, WO 372/23