Background
She was the only daughter of the Quakers, Sir Thomas Hanbury and Katherine Aldam Pease of Ventimiglia.
She was the only daughter of the Quakers, Sir Thomas Hanbury and Katherine Aldam Pease of Ventimiglia.
He died in 1937.
She lived much of her early life in There she was closely identified with the training of nurses, for which she was decorated by Elena of Montenegro, the Queen of
She joined the Liberal party. In, she undertook much local voluntary work regarding nursing and the welfare of the blind. She was selected as Liberal candidate for the Devizes Division of at the 1922 General Election.
This was her home constituency, so she was already known to a number of the local electorate.
At the previous general election in 1918, the Unionists polled two thirds of the vote. Although the Unionists held the seat, Lady Currie was able to substantially reduce the majority;
In 1939 she died at home of pneumonia.
She was a Member of the Executive of Women"s National Liberal Committee, also serving as its Treasurer.
