Maud was not formally educated, but acquired an interest in conservatism and political affairs through her family and the local Primrose League.

[1] From 1905, William held various senior posts in South Africa, and Maud moved with him, associating herself with various local charities.

[1] After the end of the war, the countess was less active, but became a Justice of the Peace in Hampshire,[1] and served as president of the National Council of Women of Great Britain & Ireland in 1920/21.

Their eldest son, Roundell, eventually succeeded his father in the earldom as the 3rd Earl of Selborne.

Her name and picture (and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on the plinth of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London, unveiled in 2018.