Domini Crosfield
Lady Domini Crosfield (1884-15 January 1963), was a British Liberal Party politician and tennis player.
Background
Born Domini Elliadi in Lancashire, she was the daughter of Elie M. Elliadi (1843-1928) and Marie Homer (1863–1924) [1] In 1907 she married Arthur Crosfield, Liberal MP for Warrington, 1906–10. When her husband was created a baronet in 1915 she became Lady Domini Crosfield.[2]
Career
During World War One, Lady Crosfield was Honorary Adviser on Exhibitions and Art to the Greek Department of Information. From 1915-19 she was Commandant of two VAD hospices. She was actively involved in the running of the North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers. In 1919 she became President of the centre, a position she would hold until 1959.[3] She was Founder and Chairman of Pediki Steghi (Day Nurseries) and of Music for Children in Greece. She was a Member of Council, for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. She was a Member of the Grants Committee of the National Playing Fields Association. She was a Member of the Executive of the Children’s Playground Committee. She was a Member of the Executive of National Association of Maternity and Child Welfare. She was a Member of the Executive and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Anglo-Hellenic League. She was Vice-President and Director of the London Philharmonic Society. She was Vice-President of the National Playing Fields Association and a member of the Grants and Children’s Playground Sub-Committee.[4]
Political career
At a parliamentary General Election she contested, as a Liberal party candidate Islington North in 1929;
| General Election 30 May 1929: Islington North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Robert Stanley Young | 18,272 | 41.8 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 15,207 | 34.8 | -9.6 | |
| Liberal | Lady Domini Crosfield | 10,210 | 23.4 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 3,065 | 7.0 | -2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 68.0 | -4.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0 | |||
She did not stand for parliament again.[5] In 1938, she was awarded the Golden Cross of the Order of George I (Greece). She was made a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) and the Diploma of Commander of Order of Welfare (Greece).[6]
She was a championship tennis player, and at her home in Witanhurst she hosted her own charity tennis competition immediately after the Wimbledon fortnight, with many of the championship players staying on in London for the event.
References
- ↑ "Ancestry™ | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ↑ ‘CROSFIELD, Domini, (Lady Crosfield)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 May 2016
- ↑ Turton, A (2013). Manor Garden Centre, 1913-2013. London: Manor Garden Press.
- ↑ ‘CROSFIELD, Domini, (Lady Crosfield)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 May 2016
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1818-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ↑ ‘CROSFIELD, Domini, (Lady Crosfield)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 May 2016