Caroline Skeel

[4] She became known for her research into Welsh history, of which her The Council in the Marches of Wales: A study in local government in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (1904) was notable.

Much of her research delved into aspects of Welsh social and economic history which were poorly covered at the time.

[5] In 1907, she fell into ill health and was absent from Westfield for a period but after her return, she took over as Head of Department from 1911 to 1919.

[3] In 1914 she was a recipient of the Henry Hutchison Medal, and the Gamble Prize for producing an essay on the works of Sir John Fortescue.

She died in February 1951, leaving an estate worth £269,386, of which a large sum was bequeathed to numerous Christian charities and Westfield College.