Mabel Strickland

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Mabel Edeline Strickland (January 8, 1899 - November 29, 1988) was a Maltese and English journalist and politician, the daughter of Sir Gerald Strickland (later Lord Strickland), the former Prime Minister of Malta. She was the editor of The Times of Malta during World War II and led the Progressive Constitutional Party during the 1950s. She was one of the principal political leaders of the 1950s, participating in the integration talks in 1956/57 as well as being adamantly against independence in 1964. She was elected to the Maltese Parliament in 1962. She is buried in the Cathedral of Mdina. Her tombstone lies near that of her father Sir Gerald Strickland.

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• "The Italians decided they didn't like [the Gladiators and AA guns], so they dropped their bombs [30km] off Malta and went back."