Margaret Grace Bondfield C.H. J.P. (1873 - 1953)

Born 17 Mar 1873 in Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Died 16 Jun 1953 at age 80 in Sanderstead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Margaret Bondfield C.H. J.P. is Notable.

Margaret Bondfield C.H. J.P. was born in Somerset, England.

Margaret was born in 1873. Her birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1873 in Chard, Somerset, England.^[1]

Margaret Grace Bondfield CH PC was a British Labour politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the UK, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31.

She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Margaret Grace Bondfield, who never married, maintained her good health and interest in life until her final illness in 1953. She moved to a nursing home in Sanderstead, Surrey, where she died aged eighty years on 16 June 1953. Her death was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1953 in Surrey Mid-eastern, England.^[2]

At her cremation in Golders Green Crematorium the congregation sang the popular hymn "To Be a Pilgrim". The Labour Party was fully represented; Clement Attlee, then-Leader of the Labour Party and former UK Prime Minister, gave the address.

Probate granted on 23 Sep 1953 in London.^[3]

BONDFIELD the right honourable Margaret Grace C.H. P.C.

of Cuttiversdoor Southborough Kent spinster died 16

June 1953 at Verecroft Nursing Home Sanderstead Surrey

Probate London 23 September to Donald Arthur Kershaw

solicitor Florence Audrey Farrant spinster and Stuart

Napier Whibley company director. Effects £6063 16s. 4d.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office", database, GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 1 April 2023), Bondfield, Margaret Grace (Mother's maiden name: Taylor). GRO Reference: 1873 Apr-May-Jun in Chard Volume 05C Page 472.
2. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office", database, GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 1 April 2023), Bondfield, Margaret Grace (Age at death: 80). GRO Reference: 1953 Apr-May-Jun in Surrey Mid-eastern Volume 05G Page 276.
3. ↑ Probate: "England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019", database with images, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 1 April 2023), Margaret Grace Bondfield probate on 23 Sep 1953 in London. Died 16 Jun 1953 residing in Southborough, Kent, England.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Margaret Bondfield
• Wikidata: Item Q182904, en:Wikipedia

• 1881 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  citing The National Archives of the UK Class: RG11; Piece/Folio: 2386/87; Page: 54; Line: 2
  FamilySearch Record: Q276-4MY1 (accessed 26 February 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS31-13GS-H
  Margaret Grace Bondfield (8), unmarried daughter, Scholar, in household of William Bondfield (60) in Chard, Somerset, England. Born in Chard, Somerset, England.

• 1891 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  citing The National Archives of the UK Class: RG12; Piece/Folio: 814/ 76; Page: 54; Line: 2
  FamilySearch Record: 4D3D-Q2M (accessed 26 February 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSQQ-JSH2-F
  Maggie Bondfield (18), single, Drapers Assistant, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. Born in Cliardx, England.

• 1901 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1901"
  citing Bow subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
  FamilySearch Record: X9CZ-2RB (accessed 26 February 2024)
  Margaret Bondfield (27), single boarder, Trade Union Secretary, in household of Sidney I Macpherson (17) on London St Mary le Bow and St Pancras Soper Lane with All Hallows Honey Lane in Poplar registration district in Middlesex, England. Born in Chard, Somersetshire.

• 1911 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
  FamilySearch Record: XW4D-DZP (accessed 26 February 2024)
  Margaret Grace Bondfield (38), single, Lecturer, in Hendon registration district in Middlesex, England. Born in Furnham N Chard, Somersetshire.