Bridget Cracroft-Eley, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British secretary, farmer and magistrate
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About Bridget Cracroft-Eley
- Bridget Katharine Cracroft-Eley CVO JP (29 October 1933 – 29 August 2008) was a British secretary, farmer and magistrate. Born in Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Weston Cracroft-Amcotts and his wife Rhona Clifton-Brown, daughter of Edward Clifton-Brown.
- In 1995, she received an honorary doctorate by the De Montfort University and in 2003 by the University of Lincoln.Cracroft-Eley was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1989 and served as Justice of the Peace of that county.
- She was appointed the first female Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1995, an office she finally held until her death.
- In 1997, Cracroft-Eley became High Steward of Lincoln Cathedral.On 31 October 1959, she married Robert Peel Charles Cracroft-Eley (d.
- 1996), son of Maxwell Eley.
- They had two children, one son and one daughter.
- Cracroft-Eley was awarded a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the New Year Honours 2008.
- She died in August of that year at her home in Hackthorn, aged 74, of a brain tumour.
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