[1] Holland-Martin was part of the NSPCC for over 50 years, serving as chairman of the Central Executive Committee for nearly two decades (1969–1988).
[1] During her decades with the charity, she played a crucial role in the establishment of the NSPCC's position as Britain's leading child protection organisation and helped to engineer its development into a modern professional body.
[citation needed] After 19 years in the chair she retired in 1988, but she never lost interest and she continued to attend meetings and speak whenever invited.
[citation needed] She was the fifth child of St John Hornby, a longtime member of the central executive committee and then deputy vice-chairman of the NSPCC,[1] and his wife, Cecily.
In 1942, Rosamund Hornby joined the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS), giving up her job as assistant matron of the girls' school which had been evacuated in 1939 to Chantmarle, the family home in Dorset.