| 词条 | Lucy Masterman |
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Lucy Blanche Masterman (19 July 1884{{spaced ndash}}22 April 1977) was a British Liberal Party politician, poet and diarist from the Lyttelton family. She married the Cabinet Minister, Charles Masterman. Early lifeBorn Lucy Blanche Lyttelton, the eldest daughter of Rt. Hon. Gen. Sir Neville Lyttelton and his wife, Katherine Sarah Stuart-Wortley, she married Charles Masterman in 1908. They had one son (the University of Wales Swansea historian Neville Masterman) and two daughters (including Margaret Masterman), before he died on 17 November 1927. Literary careerDuring the period when her husband was in Government, she kept a diary. She published in 1912 [https://archive.org/details/lyricalpoems00mast Lyrical Poems]. She worked as Literary editor for Outlook. Assisting Elizabeth Lee, she published in 1918 [https://archive.org/details/wivesofprimemini00leeeuoft Wives of the Prime Ministers 1844-1906]. She published in 1939 - C. F. G. Masterman: a biography. Political careerShe was the Liberal Party candidate for the Conservative seat of Salisbury at the 1929 General Election. The Liberal party had last won the seat in 1923 and had come second in 1924. She finished a strong second, well ahead of Labour; {{Election box begin ||title=United Kingdom general election, 1929: Salisbury[1]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Hugh Morrison |votes = 15,672 |percentage = 47.3 |change = −9.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Lucy Blanche Masterman |votes = 13,022 |percentage = 39.3 |change = +3.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = F. R. Hancock |votes = 4,435 |percentage = 13.4 |change = +5.3 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,650 |percentage = 8.0 |change = −12.7 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 33,129 |percentage = 81.9 |change = +0.1 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} She remained active for the Liberals in Salisbury and was again candidate at the Salisbury by-election in March 1931, when she again finished second; {{Election box begin ||title=Salisbury by-election, 1931[2]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = James Archibald St George Fitzwarenne-Despencer Robertson |votes = 15,800 |percentage = 53.9 |change = +6.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Lucy Blanche Masterman |votes = 9,588 |percentage = 32.7 |change = −6.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = F. R. Hancock |votes = 3,939 |percentage = 13.4 |change = +0 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 6,212 |percentage = 21.2 |change = +13.2 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 29,327 |percentage = 71.1 |change = −10.8 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +6.6 }}{{Election box end}} After the by-election she continued as prospective Liberal candidate for Salisbury until she resigned in September 1931. The Liberals and Conservatives had joined the National Government and Salisbury Liberals decided not to contest the seat. She did not contest an election again, however she remained politically active. In June 1936 she was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council.[3] References1. ^Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 497. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}. 2. ^Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 497. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}. 3. ^The Liberal Magazine, 1936 External links
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