They lived at Stornaway House in Cleveland Row in London from 1898.
[2] In 1918 her husband died in the flu pandemic when he was the prospective Conservative candidate for Kennington.
She was chosen to replace him and the election was delayed for a few days because of the change in candidate.
She came second to the Liberal candidate who was the person given approval by the coalition government.
[1] She did much better than her husband had when contesting this seat but it has been commented "that there is nothing like bereavement, injury or childbirth to commend a candidate to the British electorate.