Grace
Mary
Colman
MP
Born in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Frederick Selincourt Colman
and Constance Mary (Hawkings) Colman
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Dec 2023
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Biography
Grace was born in 1892 in Wandsworth. She was the daughter of Rev Frederick Selincourt Colman, the perpetual curate of Earlsworth in Wandsworth, and Constance Hawkings.
In the 1901 census Grace (age 8) was the daughter of Rev Frederick S Colman in Barwick in Elmet, Yorkshire, England.[1]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Frederick S Colman | Head | Married | M | 43 | Clergyman Church of England | London |
| Constance M Colman | Wife | Married | F | 36 | London | |
| Dorothea C E Colman | Daughter | F | 12 | London | ||
| Grace M Colman | Daughter | F | 8 | London | ||
| Hugh F C Colman | Son | M | 4 | Kingston, Surrey | ||
| Lydia G Davis | Servant | Single | F | 28 | Nurse Domestic | Clifford Chambers, Gloucestershire |
| Judith Braithwaite | Servant | Single | F | 20 | Parlour Maid Domestic | Barwick In Elmet, Yorkshire |
| Elizabeth Hanson | Servant | Single | F | 28 | Cook Domestic | Leeds, Yorkshire |
| Edith L Button | Servant | Single | F | 17 | Housemaid Domestic | Great Coates, Lincolnshire |
| Florence Lewis | Visitor | Single | F | 33 | Governess | Sedgley, Staffordshire |
In the 1911 census Grace (age 18) was the single daughter of Frederick Salincourt Colman in Hanbury, Worcestershire, England.[2]
In 1914, she won a scholarship to Newnham College, Cambridge, where she studied history and economics and was a member of the first women’s eight to row the Cam. She tutored at Ruskin College (1920-25) and at the University of London (1925-40).
She joined the Labour Party in 1916 and was active for many years in politics, unsuccessfully seeking election in Hythe and Hallam, Sheffield.
In the 1930s, Colman served as a magistrate. During the second world war she worked for the Ministry of Labour and the Board of Trade, and as an ARP warden.
In 1945 she was finally elected to Parliament in the constituency of Tynemouth, part of Labour's landslide win that year. She lost her seat to Conservative Irene Ward in 1950 and failed to win it back in 1951.
She passed away in 1971. She had never married.
Sources
- ↑
1901 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1901"
citing Aberford subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
FamilySearch Record: X959-9HC (accessed 1 December 2023)
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Grace M Colman (8) daughter in household of Frederick S Colman (43) in Barwick in Elmet in Tadcaster registration district in Yorkshire, England. Born in London. - ↑
1911 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1911"
citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
FamilySearch Record: X7BQ-ZV3 (accessed 1 December 2023)
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Grace Mary Colman (18), single daughter, in household of Frederick Salincourt Colman (53) in Hanbury in Droitwich registration district in Worcestershire, England. Born in Wandsworth, Surrey.
- Familysearch: Grace Mary Colman
- https://ukvote100.org/2021/01/25/alice-bacon-and-grace-colman/ - Parliamentary biography
- Wikidata: Item Q5591062, en:Wikipedia
(Wikipedia stub)
- https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw52156/Grace-Mary-Colman? - Portrait (1945)
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