Frances Marjorie Graves was a British civil servant, Conservative politician and writer.
11 Facts About Marjorie Graves
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Marjorie Graves was born in Allerton, Liverpool, and was the youngest daughter of William Graves and his wife Fanny Charlotte nee Neilson.
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William Graves was a ship owner in the port whose father had been Conservative MP for Liverpool.
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Marjorie Graves had a private education, later schooling being carried out at Chateau de Dieudonne, Bornel, France.
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Marjorie Graves attended the post-World War I Paris Peace Conference, before transferring to the Intelligence Department of the Home Office.
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Marjorie Graves was politically a Conservative, and was a member of Holborn Borough Council from 1928 to 1934.
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Marjorie Graves became the first female chairman of the Metropolitan Area of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations in 1936.
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Marjorie Graves succeeded in unseating Morrison to become the area's Member of Parliament.
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Marjorie Graves was badly beaten, with Morrison returning to parliament with a large majority.
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Marjorie Graves retired to Wareham, Dorset, where she became a member of the county council.
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Marjorie Graves was unmarried, and died in Wareham in November 1961.