Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford

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Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (née Hilda Stevenson) (186928 October 1956) was a British Liberal Party politician.

The daughter of James Cochran Stevenson, a Liberal Member of Parliament for South Shields, Hilda was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, and in 1898 married Walter Runciman, a rising politician.

She became an MP in her own right in 1928, as Member of Parliament for St Ives, though she remained in Parliament for only one year. In 1937, her husband became Viscount Runciman of Doxford, and she became Viscountess.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Hawke
Member of Parliament
for St Ives

1928–1929
Succeeded by
Walter Runciman