Lucille Iremonger

Lucille d'Oyen Iremonger (June 1915 – January 1989) was a Jamaican writer and politician, active in the United Kingdom.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica as Lucille Parks, Iremonger's father was the editor of the Jamaica Times. She won a scholarship to St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she met and later married Tom Iremonger. She moved with Tom to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and Fiji, before returning to the UK, where she wrote her first book, A Bigger Life. This was followed by a number of other works, mostly on historical topics, including The Ghosts of Versailles, and The Fiery Chariot, an influential work focusing on the number of British prime minister who were illegitimate or orphaned as children. And His Charming Lady was a semi-autobiographical work about her position as the wife of a Member of Parliament.[1]

At the 1961 London County Council election, Iremonger was elected to represent Norwood for the Conservative Party, serving until the council's abolition three years later.[1]