Valerie Hamilton, Lady Goulding was an Irish campaigner for disabled people, and senator who set up the Central Remedial Clinic in 1951 alongside Kathleen O'Rourke which is the largest organisation in Ireland looking after people with physical disabilities.
12 Facts About Valerie Goulding
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Valerie Goulding served as a member of Seanad Eireann from 1977 to 1981.
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Valerie Goulding was born at Ightham Mote, which was owned by her maternal grandfather, Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, until his death in 1951.
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Valerie Goulding was educated at Downe House School, near Newbury.
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Valerie Goulding's father was a British lawyer and politician, and became chief legal adviser to Edward VIII during the Abdication Crisis in 1936.
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Valerie Goulding acted as her father's secretary and courier during the crisis, carrying letters between the King and the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin.
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In Dublin for a race meeting in 1939, she met and soon married Irish fertiliser manufacturer and art collector Sir Basil Valerie Goulding and moved to Ireland.
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Lady Valerie Goulding remained chairman and managing director of the CRC until 1984.
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Valerie Goulding sought election to Dail Eireann as a Fianna Fail candidate at the November 1982 general election for the Dun Laoghaire constituency but was unsuccessful.
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Valerie Goulding was spoken of as a possible President of Ireland in 1983, should the president, Patrick Hillery, decline to seek a second term.
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Lady Valerie Goulding died in a nursing home on 28 July 2003 in Dublin, aged 84.
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Valerie Goulding was predeceased by her husband, Sir Basil Goulding, in 1982.