Mabel Strickland's mother was the eldest daughter of Reginald Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr of Knole, Kent.
10 Facts About Mabel Strickland
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Mabel Strickland lived the most of her life at Villa Parisio in Lija, Malta.
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Mabel Strickland founded a newspaper group in Malta with her father and her stepmother, Lady Mabel Strickland, DBE.
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Mabel Strickland was elected to the Parliament for the Constitutional Party, which was co-founded by her father, in 1950 and served until 1953 as one of only three women MPs.
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Mabel Strickland was re-elected to the Maltese Parliament in 1962, and served until 1966.
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Mabel Strickland always fought passionately for a free and independent press and to maintain Malta's ties with Britain and the Commonwealth.
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Mabel Strickland is known for her work for women's suffrage on Malta.
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Mabel Strickland supported the efforts of the Women of Malta Association to introduce women's suffrage in the 1940s, and wrote:.
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Mabel Strickland died on 29 November 1988, and is buried in the Strickland family crypt in St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina.
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Mabel Strickland set up this foundation "for herself and her heirs in perpetuity".