Education
King"s College London.
King"s College London.
She wrote several works of history and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from King"s College London with a thesis published in 1999, The Political Opposition to the Government of Charles I in Scotland. She was a part-time journalist including rugby correspondent of The Spectator for a while. She was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1984.
Lady Hesketh was a chairman of Daventry Conservative Association and also became a County Councillor for Northamptonshire from 1989-1993, and Daventry District Councillor with special interest in education.
She was chairman of the Governors of the Sponne School, Towcester.
She was county organiser for the WRVS from 1952–1983 and a member of the Arts Council from 1960-1963.