Career
In her quiet practical way is probably as good a friend as London ever had, a description for the driving force behind the Guild of Play and the Guild of the Poor Brave Things. She became a Wesleyan deaconess and worked in both the Methodist West London Mission and the Bermondsey Settlement, where she moved in 1895. She founded, caused to be founded or was involved in the Methodist West London Mission, Bermondsey Settlement, Chailey Heritage, Guild of Play, and Guild of the Poor Brave Things.
She also was a writer
She was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1927 and promoted Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1950. Grace and Charles Kimmins had two sons:
Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Charles Hannam Kimmins (1899–1979)
Anthony Martin Kimmins (10 November 1901 – 19 May 1964), actor, director and producer
She died in Haywards Heath Hospital on 3 March 1954, aged 83.
