Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland

Bridget Helen Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland, Dowager Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley, CBE (27 July 1896 – 17 April 1982) was a British peeress and Conservative member of the House of Lords best remembered as the wartime commander of women's services in India.

Bridget was therefore the niece both of Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn, and of Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie.

[1] At the beginning of the Second World War, Lady Carlisle was a Senior Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

[2] From 1962 to 1974, Lady Monckton was the Chairman of the charity Attend: the National Association of Leagues of Hospital Friends.

[1] Lady Monckton of Brenchley died in April 1982, aged 85, and was succeeded in her own title by her son, who was already the Earl of Carlisle.