Frances Josephy

Frances Louise Josephy (February 1900 – 1985) was a British Liberal politician, journalist and lecturer.

[1] She was educated at Seymour Lodge School, Dundee, before going on to St. Andrews University and Newnham College, Cambridge.

In March 1928 she stood at the London County Council elections as a Liberal candidate for St. Marylebone alongside Harcourt Johnstone.

[4] In February 1929 she was selected as prospective Liberal candidate for Winchester for the general election.

She was a regular contributor to 'The Forward View' the monthly journal of the National League of Young Liberals.

Her column entitled 'Seen From The Gallery' reported on the role the Liberal were playing in a parliament where they held the balance of power.

She was re-adopted by Devizes Liberals as their prospective parliamentary candidate for a General Election expected to occur in 1939/40.

[9] In 1939 she became President of the National League of Young Liberals, serving through the Second world War.

She later worked at the Assembly of the Western European Union, which existed to develop a common defence policy for Europe.