[2] Her philanthropic contributions included being chairman of the Sunshine Fund for Blind Children from 1947 to 1989, during which she raised over £14 million, She served as vice president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind from 1977 to her death in 2001.

[4] Her father was created Earl Haig when she was 12 days old entitling her to the prefix Lady.

[2] During World War II she worked for the Red Cross, and was also involved in the Girls' Training Corps, leading a group of girls who turned the ruined site of 145 Piccadilly into an allotment.

[2] From 1977 until her death, she served as vice president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind.

[7] She became Lady Astor of Hever when her husband succeeded to the barony on the death of his father in 1971.