Lucy Baldwin

The Countess Baldwin of Bewdley
Lady Baldwin in 1935
Born
Lucy Ridsdale

(1869-06-19)19 June 1869
London, England
Died17 June 1945(1945-06-17) (aged 75)
Resting placeWorcester Cathedral
Known forSpouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1923–24; 1924–29; 1935–37)
Spouse
(m. 1892)
Children7, including Oliver Ridsdale and Arthur Windham

Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, GBE, DStJ (née Ridsdale; 19 June 1869 – 17 June 1945) was an English writer and activist for maternal health. From 1892 until her death in 1945, she was the wife of Stanley Baldwin, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She was invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and a Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire, and styled as Countess Baldwin of Bewdley on 8 June 1937.[1]

  1. ^ "Lucy Ridsdale". The Peerage. Retrieved 28 February 2015.