Violet Mond, Baroness Melchett
Noble person
1867 – 1945
Who was Violet Mond, Baroness Melchett?
Violet Florence Mabel Mond, Baroness Melchett, DBE, née Goetze, was a British humanitarian and activist.
Violet Goetze was the sister of the painter and sculptor Sigismund Goetze. In 1894 she married the businessman and politician Alfred Mond, who had been introduced to her by her brother. He was created a baronet in 1910 and Baron Melchett in 1928. She was an active political hostess and worker, first for the Liberal Party and then, after her husband changed allegiance in 1928, for the Conservative Party. She worked hard to promote her husband's political career and used her influence with David Lloyd George to secure Mond's appointment to ministerial office in December 1916. As First Commissioner of Public Works, Mond proposed the idea of a national war museum in February 1917. Lady Mond wished to play an active part in the success of this venture.
As a member of the Women's Work Sub-Committee, Lady Mond was asked to undertake the gathering of information on home hospitals. She appears to have been very diligent with regard to this responsibility, and drew up a questionnaire to be circulated.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1867
Marylebone - Also known as
- Violet Florence Mabel Mond, Baroness Melchett
- Violet Florence Mabel Mond
- Violet Florence Mabel Goetze
- Violet Goetze
- Lady Mond
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
(1894 - 1930/12/27)
- Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Sep 25, 1945
Chelsea
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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