Bridget Cracroft-Eley

Bridget Katharine Cracroft-Eley CVO JP (29 October 1933 – 29 August 2008)^[1] was a former 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.^[1] In 1995, she received an honorary doctorate by the De Montfort University and in 2003 by the University of Lincoln.^[2]

Cracroft-Eley was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1989^[3] and served as Justice of the Peace of that county.^[1] She was appointed the first female Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1995, an office she finally held until her death.^[4] In 1997, Cracroft-Eley became High Steward of Lincoln Cathedral.^[5]

On 31 October 1959, she married Robert Peel Charles Cracroft-Eley (d. 1996), son of Charles Ryves Maxwell-Eley.^[1] They had two children, one son and one daughter.^[5] Cracroft-Eley was awarded a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the New Year Honours 2008.^[4] She died in August of that year at her home in Hackthorn, aged 74, of a brain tumour.^[5]

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Henry Nevile	Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1995–2008	Succeeded by Anthony Worth

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↑ The London Gazette: no. 51678. p. 3357. 17 March 1989. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
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