Of all the women, outside those belonging to my family and the working classes, whom I have known and worked with, none stands higher in my memory and esteem than Muriel, Countess De La Warr. I never heard her make a speech, though she must have attended hundreds of public meetings and many private gatherings of committees.

Whatever the cause I found her a keen, determined supporter of universal suffrage, an out-and-out supporter of self-determination for India and other races subject to British rule, a sound socialist in economics, and a most ardent supporter of all organisations for the defence of the defenceless, especially animals.

When in 1911-12 the London dock workers were on strike, and indeed whenever any great or small body of workers were suffering, she would raise money and hand it on anonymously, sometimes through myself and sometimes through others, to help the workers win. Over and over again she and her friends saved the Daily Herald from death in the old days when it was independent, and often it was her example and her work which helped women suffragists to hold on in the darkest days of defeat.

Her love for human rights and duties kept her very largely out of society. She spent her days almost secretly doing good. Many, many people like myself owe her a big debt of gratitude for the continuous help she gave to causes in which we worked.

A. Lyttleton appeared on the part of Lady De La Warr, said the parties were married on the 4th August 1891, and there were three three children of the marriage. Lord De La Warr left England for South Africa in October, 1899, returning in the following July. Since his return the relations between him and his wife had entirely changed owing to the conduct of the husband, and the family circle became very unhappy. In June 1901, the Earl withdrew from the family home and has never been back since.

Muriel Agnes Countess De La Warr of the Manor House, Bexhill, was granted a degree nissi in the Divorce Court on Friday on the grounds of misconduct and desertion of her husband, Gilbert De La Warr with Miss Turner, an actress. Miss Turner stated she met Lord De La Warr in December 1900 when she was acting in Bexhill. The same month she returned to London and took a room at the Savoy. Lord De La Warr stayed at the hotel with her, and subsequently visited her at her rooms in Tavistock Chambers.

On 6th October a well attended meeting arranged by the East Grinstead Women's Suffrage Society was held at Queens Hall on Friday evening with the President, Muriel Countess De La Warr. She was supported by Eveline Haverfield and Margery Corbett.

Muriel Countess de la Warr also sent a subslantial sum (to the Daily Herald), and has always been one of the first and most generous of our friends; there has never been a crisis overcome without her help. She is one of the few titled women in our land who for years past has sleadily supported our Movement; and not only the Labour cause, but other unpopular rnovements - the Irish and Indian demand for Home Rule, Women's Suffurage, and the great cause of Pacifism. Her son, Earl de la Warr, was a member of the first Labour Government. If he serves the Cause as wholeheartedly as his mother has served all good causes, Labour in him will have secured one of its finest recruits.

Lady Helen Brassey and Lady Idina Sackville were the hostesses. Mrs. Uniacke said that surely no one can be satisfied with the world around us today. A great deal wants doing. Women want the right to influence public morals. They understand the difficulty of rearing children with healthy minds and bodies. Men now decide at what trades women shall work. Why cannot women decide?