| Variations of Name | Lady Apsley | Violet Meeking | Violet Emily Mildred Bathurst |
| Biography | Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley, was a British Conservative Party politician. Upon the death of her husband, Lord Apsley, she succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Bristol Central in a 1943 by-election. She held the seat until 1945 when it was taken by Labour.
During World War I she served with a Voluntary Aid Detachment as a nurse and ambulance driver at Marsh Court Military Hospital. She had an early interest in politics and was president of the Southampton Women's Conservative Association in 1924.
Before World War II Apsley and her husband supported pro-appeasement groups, sometimes speaking alongside fascist supporting speakers, and organised pro-appeasement talks in Bristol up to 1939. |