Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley

Who was Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley?

Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, GBE, DGStJ was the wife of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. They were married from 12 September 1892 until her death 53 years later.

The daughter of Edward Lucas Jenks Ridsdale and Esther Lucy Thacker of Rottingdean, Sussex, she was a keen sportswoman, dancer and partygoer.

She was invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem and a Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire. She was styled as Countess Baldwin of Bewdley on 8 June 1937.