The league would influence elections and with her as treasurer it raised money to assist the First World War effort.

Her home included walled gardens and separate heated glasshouses for palms, peaches, ferns, three vineries, orchid houses, a double aviary.

[1] Her mother was one of the founding members of the Primrose League which was a popular society of people who supported the Conservative party.

[3] It was said that "The Primrose League was the first political organisation to give women the same status and responsibilities as men".

The League became important when The Corrupt Practices Act of 1883 made it illegal for political parties or candidates to hire people to lobby voters on the day of a ballot.