Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
(1869-1956), Liberal politician; MP for St Ives; wife of 1st Viscount RuncimanSitter in 9 portraits
Educated at Notting Hill High School and Girton College, Cambridge. In 1898 Hilda Stevenson married Walter Runciman (1870-1949), later Viscount Runciman with whom she had five children. In her twenties, Hilda Runciman became a forceful and confident speaker on education, housing and social work. She was president of the Women's National Liberal Federation (1919-21) and advocated independent Liberalism exercising a significant political influence. She was briefly MP for St Ives (1928-9) before standing down in favour of her husband.
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print, late 1920s
NPG x94118
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1927
NPG x84646
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 9 December 1938
NPG x153515
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 9 December 1938
NPG x153516
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 9 December 1938
NPG x153517
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 9 December 1938
NPG x153518
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 9 December 1938
NPG x153519
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 9 December 1938
NPG x153520
Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 21 August 1947
NPG x92728
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