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Not to be confused with her former sister-in-law, The Hon. Dame Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The Right Honourable
The Dowager Countess of Swinton
DSG
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
25 February 1970
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Susan Lilian Primrose Sinclair

(1935-04-14) 14 April 1935 (age 89)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Political partyCrossbench
Spouse
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(m. 1959; died 2006)​
Susan Masham
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Para-swimming
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome 25m breaststroke complete class 2
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 25m backstroke complete class 2
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 25m freestyle prone complete C2
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 25m freestyle supine complete C2
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 25m breaststroke complete C2
Table tennis
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Women's doubles B
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Women's singles B
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Women's doubles B
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Women's doubles B
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Tel Aviv Women's singles B

Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Dowager Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton, DSG (née Sinclair; born (1935-04-14)14 April 1935)[1] is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. She is the senior life peer. She is Vice President of the Snowdon Trust, founded by the Earl of Snowdon, which provides grants and scholarships for students with disabilities.[2]

Personal life

She was the daughter of Major Sir Ronald Sinclair, 8th Baronet. She was educated at the Heathfield School and London Polytechnic.

In 1959 she married Lord Masham (1937–2006), who became Earl of Swinton in 1972. By this marriage, she became entitled to the styles Lady Masham, and later Countess of Swinton. She was created a life peer in 1970 as the Baroness Masham of Ilton, of Masham in the North Riding of the County of York. She and her husband were one of the few couples to both hold titles in their own right.

Lord and Lady Swinton adopted two children. She was widowed in 2006.

She is a prominent Roman Catholic convert and a patron of the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology.

Disability campaigner

She was disabled in a riding accident in 1958, and subsequently became a champion for causes related to disability. She was the subject of This Is Your Life in February 1976 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the foyer of the De Vere hotel in Kensington, London. [citation needed]

She is an active member of the House of Lords, where she continues to be known as the Baroness Masham of Ilton, a title she holds in her own right. She takes a particular interest in issues surrounding disability, health and penal reform. She opened the factory for Nordis Signs, part of the Kier Group, in Northampton, which employs a majority-disabled workforce.[3] She continues to run the Masham Riding Centre in Masham, North Yorkshire. In 2011, she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of Nursing.[4]

Baroness Masham of Ilton has long been a supporter of the charity Disability Action Yorkshire, becoming Patron in 2011.

She was the founder of the Spinal Injuries Association, of which she is president.[5]

Paralympic career

Masham competed in several Paralympic Games. At the inaugural Games in Rome in 1960, she won swimming gold and silver in the 25m breaststroke complete class 2 and 25m backstroke complete class 2 respectively,[6] as well as bronze in the table tennis, women's doubles class B.[7]

Four years later, at the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, she won gold in the table tennis women's doubles B alongside Gwen Buck, and silver in the women's singles B.[8] In the pool, Masham won three silver medals, in the 25m freestyle prone complete C2, 25m freestyle supine complete C2, and 25m breaststroke complete C2.[9]

At the 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics, Masham added table tennis silver in the women's doubles B with Buck, and bronze in the women's singles B.[10]

References

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Burke's Peerage. doi:10.5118/bpbk.2003. ISBN 9780971196629.
  2. ^ "Our board". The Snowdon Trust.
  3. ^ "Nordis points the way to supported employment". Highways Magazine. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ^ Rolls of Honour Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Royal College of Nursing, 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Our Founder and President". Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Medallists Rome 1960 Paralympic Games Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Medallists Rome 1960 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". IPC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Medallists Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". IPC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Results Archive Tokyo 1964 Swimming". IPC. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Medallists Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". IPC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

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