[1] She was born Irene May Northover Smith[2] on 26 May 1896 in Wood Green, London, the elder daughter of an ironmonger, William Northover Smith (1864–1953), and his wife, Florence Minnie Heath (1869–1943).
[1] Lovelock formed the British Housewives' League in June 1945, and was its chairman, until April 1946, when she became president.
[1] The League ran a newsletter named ‘Housewives Today’ which looked mainly at the types of food available during rationing.
[2] Her husband was a Church of England clergyman, the Revd John Herbert Lovelock (1903–1986), and they had three children.
[1] Lovelock died at St George's Hospital, Tooting, London, on 9 August 1974.