Caroline Gathorne-Hardy, Countess of Cranbrook

Caroline Gathorne-Hardy, Countess of Cranbrook OBE (née Jarvis; 18 December 1935) is an English aristocrat and campaigner on food quality issues.

She was born in London in 1935,[1][2] the daughter of Colonel Ralph George Edward Jarvis of Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire and his wife, Antonia Mary Hilda Meade.

Their early home was in a jungle area of Malaya, where her husband worked as a zoologist.

[2] She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2004, for services to the red meat industry, after campaigning to save local abattoirs.

[2] Lady Cranbrook appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 31 May 2009,[1] and received The Oldie's 'Campaigner of the Year' Award in 2010.