▶Date of birth:  15 April 1879    Place of birth: Kensington, London

▶Father: Major General George Swinley   Mother: Alice Eliza Probyn

▶Spouse(s): Richard Lewis Grist  Date(s) of marriage: 13 April 1921   Place(s) of marriage: Cheltenham

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▶Lifestory: Both parents were born in India, where they married. Older siblings were born in India. In 1881 she lived with her family at her grandmother's house in Acton; by 1901 her family had moved to 2 Fauconburg Villas, Bayshill, Cheltenham. In the 1920s she seconded the nomination of Cheltenham's Conserative candidate Sir Walter Preston at the General Election: by 1931 she was Chairman of the Women's Conservative Association locally. At her death, she lived at Lansdown Lea, Lansdown Road, Cheltenham.

▶Moved to Pittville from: Bayshill, Cheltenham     Moved from Pittville to: Lansdown Road, Cheltenham

▶Date of death: 22 January 1958   Place of death:  Cheltenham

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▶Notes:     ID: 15127

Contributor(s): Peter Powis/JAS