Talk:Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh

Politics of the United Kingdom Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Biography: Peerage and Baronetage / Politics and Government

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage.
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Women's History Mid‑importance

	History portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women's HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject Women's HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Women's HistoryWomen's History articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Spelling of surname[edit]

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page mis-spells her name as Horsburgh so I have created redirects from that name. The Horsbrugh spelling is also used in *The Papers of Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh at Cambridge University's Janus project, so it appears to be correct. --BrownHairedGirl 11:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that Rayment is correct and Cambridge wrong. [1], [2] and [3]. These documents on www.parliament.uk spell her name Horsburgh, what these sources (ThePeerage and Honorary Graduates of The University of Edinburgh confirm. Phoe 10:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, "Cambridge" is not wrong. We hold Baroness Horsbrugh's personal archive in the Churchill Archive Centre, and Horsbrugh herself spells it Horsbrugh and not Horsburgh. There does tend to be some confusion about her name from time to time, but let me assure you, I have just double-checked Horsbrugh's own papers and our catalogue descriptions on Janus are indeed spelled correctly. Feel free if ever in Cambridge to come by our reading room and view these papers -- which include her original notes for the famed Address to the King -- in person. Who's Who, The Dictionary of National Biography, and the National Archives also have it spelled correctly as Horsbrugh. --Churchill Archives Centre 10:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aye, thanks for the clarification. You are very right if you speak about confusion if even the Parliament's papers are incorrect. Thanks also for the invitation, but the way is a little bit too long for me :-). ~~ Phoe _talk 18:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC) ~~ [reply]

Dates as MP[edit]

"She unsuccessfully contested Midlothian and Peebles in 1950 and sat for Manchester Moss Side from 1950..." There were not 2 elections in 1950, so should the second 1950 be 1951? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Channelwatcher (talk • contribs) 12:33, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Conservative candidate for Moss Side in the 1950 General Election died before polling day so the contest there was suspended. It was then re-run and Horsbrugh who had failed to be elected in Scotland was chosen as the new Conservative candidate for the new election which was held a few weeks later.Dunarc (talk) 20:52, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]