Charlotte Iliffe

Charlotte Iliffe, Baroness Iliffe (née Gilding; 1881–18 January 1972) was a British aristocrat, philanthropist and suffragist. She was a member of the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society. She was a patron of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Family Lady Iliffe was born in 1881 in Liverpool, Lancashire. a Liverpool draper's buyer and Justice of the Peace.

On 10 June 1902 she married Edward Mauger Iliffe, who was created 1st Baron Iliffe of Yattenden by George V on 22 June 1933. He was the son of William Isaac Iliffe, founder of the Coventry Evening Telegraph, and Annette Coker. and had no issue. The Hon. William Henry Richard Iliffe (1911–1956), married Christine Marie Baker, and had issue.

Politics and activism Lady Iliffe joined the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (CWSS) and regularly attended meetings with her mother-in-law. She was active in support of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital board, and also supported with the local branch of The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). A collection of her seashells and a portrait painting of her is held at the National Trust property Basildon Park.