Born in Bordeaux, France, the eldest of ten children of Revd.
[citation needed] She was elected in 1907 to High Wycombe Borough Council.
[3] In the 1928 New Year Honours, she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
[citation needed] She presented the Frances Dove Window at All Saints' Church, High Wycombe, to pay tribute to the achievement of women through the ages.
The stained-glass was designed by Caroline Townshend, a former pupil at Wycombe Abbey.