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'''Diana Violet Constance Edith Spearman''' (22 February 1905 – 31 May 1991) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] writer and conservative activist.
==Early life==
She was born in [[India]] to Sir Arthur Havelock James Doyle, Bt and Joyce Ethelreda Howard, who was a granddaughter of the [[John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend|4th Marquess of Townshend]]<ref name="Times">'Diana Spearman', ''The Times'' (8 June 1991), p. 14.</ref> and the [[Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk|17th Earl of Suffolk]].<ref>Stéphane Porion, 'Diana Spearman's role within the post-war Conservative Party and in the ‘battle of ideas’ (1945–1965)', ''Women's History Review'', Volume 28, Issue 2 (2019), pp. 258-259.</ref> She studied at the [[London School of Economics]] from 1925 to 1931, where she was awarded the Social Science Certificate with distinction (1927) and the Academic Diploma in Psychology (1931). She also completed one year of the B Sc (Economics) degree in 1927–28.<ref name="Porion">Stéphane Porion, 'Diana Spearman's role within the post-war Conservative Party and in the ‘battle of ideas’ (1945–1965)', p. 259.</ref>
==Politics==
Spearman was appointed to the [[Conservative Research Department]] as their first female researcher, a post she held from 1934 until 1939 and again from 1949 until 1965.<ref name="Porion" /> She stood for [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] twice, both times as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate. The first was for [[Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)|Poplar South]] in the [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935 general election]],<ref>'Two By-Elections', ''The Times'' (9 September 1942), p. 2.</ref> where she lost to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[David Morgan Adams]]. However, she polled more than twice as many votes as the previous Conservative candidate.<ref name="Times" /> She contested [[Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull Central]] in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]] but lost to Labour's [[Mark Hewitson]].<ref>'Hull Central Held By Labour', ''The Times'' (10 August 1945), p. 4.</ref>
In 1948, Spearman accepted [[Friedrich Hayek]]'s invitation to join the [[Mont Pelerin Society]] and she was also an active member of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]. In 1965, she founded the short-lived Longbow Group. With [[Roger Scruton]] and [[Michael Oakeshott]], Spearman organised the Salisbury Group in the late 1970s, and in 1982 she co-founded ''[[The Salisbury Review]]'' with Scruton.<ref name="Porion" />
==Personal life==
She married [[Alexander Spearman]] in 1928. The marriage was dissolved in 1951.<ref name="Times" />
==Works==
*''Modern Dictatorship'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1939).
*''Democracy in England'' (London: Rockliff, 1957).
*''The Novel and Society'' (London: Routledge & Kegan, 1966).
*''The Animal Anthology'' (London: Baker, 1966).
*''A Time You Remember'' (Braunton: Merlin, 1989).
==Notes==
[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics]]
[[Category:Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates]]
==Early life==
She was born in [[India]] to Sir Arthur Havelock James Doyle, Bt and Joyce Ethelreda Howard, who was a granddaughter of the [[John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend|4th Marquess of Townshend]]<ref name="Times">'Diana Spearman', ''The Times'' (8 June 1991), p. 14.</ref> and the [[Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk|17th Earl of Suffolk]].<ref>Stéphane Porion, 'Diana Spearman's role within the post-war Conservative Party and in the ‘battle of ideas’ (1945–1965)', ''Women's History Review'', Volume 28, Issue 2 (2019), pp. 258-259.</ref> She studied at the [[London School of Economics]] from 1925 to 1931, where she was awarded the Social Science Certificate with distinction (1927) and the Academic Diploma in Psychology (1931). She also completed one year of the B Sc (Economics) degree in 1927–28.<ref name="Porion">Stéphane Porion, 'Diana Spearman's role within the post-war Conservative Party and in the ‘battle of ideas’ (1945–1965)', p. 259.</ref>
==Politics==
Spearman was appointed to the [[Conservative Research Department]] as their first female researcher, a post she held from 1934 until 1939 and again from 1949 until 1965.<ref name="Porion" /> She stood for [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] twice, both times as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate. The first was for [[Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)|Poplar South]] in the [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935 general election]],<ref>'Two By-Elections', ''The Times'' (9 September 1942), p. 2.</ref> where she lost to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[David Morgan Adams]]. However, she polled more than twice as many votes as the previous Conservative candidate.<ref name="Times" /> She contested [[Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull Central]] in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]] but lost to Labour's [[Mark Hewitson]].<ref>'Hull Central Held By Labour', ''The Times'' (10 August 1945), p. 4.</ref>
In 1948, Spearman accepted [[Friedrich Hayek]]'s invitation to join the [[Mont Pelerin Society]] and she was also an active member of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]. In 1965, she founded the short-lived Longbow Group. With [[Roger Scruton]] and [[Michael Oakeshott]], Spearman organised the Salisbury Group in the late 1970s, and in 1982 she co-founded ''[[The Salisbury Review]]'' with Scruton.<ref name="Porion" />
==Personal life==
She married [[Alexander Spearman]] in 1928. The marriage was dissolved in 1951.<ref name="Times" />
==Works==
*''Modern Dictatorship'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1939).
*''Democracy in England'' (London: Rockliff, 1957).
*''The Novel and Society'' (London: Routledge & Kegan, 1966).
*''The Animal Anthology'' (London: Baker, 1966).
*''A Time You Remember'' (Braunton: Merlin, 1989).
==Notes==
[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics]]
[[Category:Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates]]
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