Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck

Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck
Born
Ruth Mary St Maur

21 October 1867
Died28 January 1953(1953-01-28) (aged 85)
NationalityBritish
Known forSuffragette and founding a Women's Library
Spouse
Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck
(m. 1885; died 1948)
Parent(s)Ferdinand Seymour, Earl St. Maur
Rosina Elizabeth Swan

Ruth Mary Cavendish-Bentinck (née St Maur; 21 October 1867 – 28 January 1953) was a Morocco-born British aristocrat, suffragist and socialist. Her library was the basis for what is now the Women's Library.