Baldwin, Lucy, 1869-1945 (Countess Baldwin of Bewdley campaigner for maternity care)
Person
Biography
Lucy 'Cissie' Ridsdale was born on 19 January 1869 in Bayswater, London. She was the eldest daughter of Edward Lucas Jenks Ridsdale (1833-1901) and his wife, Esther Lucy Thacker (d. 1909). She was brought up in Rottingdean, Sussex. She married Stanley Baldwin on 12 September 1892 in Rottingdean parish church. They had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. She was a noted campaigner for improved maternity care - she was chair of the National Birthday Trust Fund from 1928, established the Anaesthetics Fund in 1929 and her work contributed towards the Midwives Act of 1936. She died from a heart attack on 17 June 1945 at the Baldwin family home, Astley Hall, near Stourport, and was later interred with her husband in Worcester Cathedral following his death in 1947.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Edward Lucas Jenks Ridsdale: voluntary settlement of personalty, 1892
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9750/194
Scope and Contents
Settlement of Edward Lucas Jenks Ridsdale and wife, Esther Lucy Ridsdale, in favour of their children: Edward Aurelian Ridsdale; Arthur Errington Ridsdale; Julian Ridsdale; Lucy Baldwin [wife of Stanley Baldwin]; Lilian Esther Ridsdale.
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous accessions
Series
Letter from Lucy, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, 7 Dec. 1932
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/32
Scope and Contents
Thanks for letter and kindness in 'godfathering our little appeal'
Dates:
7 Dec. 1932
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters from Lucy Baldwin, 1923-1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9735/13/2/1-28
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This catalogue lists the papers of Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin ('ORB'), elder son of Stanley and Lucy Baldwin, and brother of Windham Baldwin; and also includes groups of letters from him to his parents and (of particular interest) to his companion of thirty-five years, John Parke Boyle. They illuminate all the main aspects of his career: as a soldier in both World Wars, as Labour politician, author, journalist, film critic, and as Governor of the Leeward Islands. The papers have been used...
Dates:
1923-1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters to ORB from his mother Lucy Baldwin, his uncle A. E. Ridsdale, and other members of the Baldwin, Kipling and Ridsdale families, 1900-1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9735/1/6/1-39
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This catalogue lists the papers of Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin ('ORB'), elder son of Stanley and Lucy Baldwin, and brother of Windham Baldwin; and also includes groups of letters from him to his parents and (of particular interest) to his companion of thirty-five years, John Parke Boyle. They illuminate all the main aspects of his career: as a soldier in both World Wars, as Labour politician, author, journalist, film critic, and as Governor of the Leeward Islands. The papers have been used...
Dates:
1900-1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lucy Baldwin: letters from ORB, Aurelian Ridsdale, Lady Burne-Jones, and A. J. Fletcher, 1899-1928 (Circa)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9735/12/3/1-35
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This catalogue lists the papers of Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin ('ORB'), elder son of Stanley and Lucy Baldwin, and brother of Windham Baldwin; and also includes groups of letters from him to his parents and (of particular interest) to his companion of thirty-five years, John Parke Boyle. They illuminate all the main aspects of his career: as a soldier in both World Wars, as Labour politician, author, journalist, film critic, and as Governor of the Leeward Islands. The papers have been used...
Dates:
1899-1928 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lucy ('Cissie') Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley (1869-1945), 1923-1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9774/1/5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises primarily the correspondence of Louisa Baldwin, née Macdonald (mother of Stanley Baldwin, first Earl Baldwin), with her mother and sisters; and correspondence and papers of her grandson Windham, third Earl Baldwin, concerning his group biography of the Macdonald sisters and his interest in his father's cousin Rudyard Kipling. It also includes letters and papers of members of the Kipling, Burne-Jones and Poynter families, into which three of Louisa Baldwin's sisters...
Dates:
1923-1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).