Her maternal grandfather, Robert Ellington Collinson, was a mayor of the town and owner of the Unicorn Hotel of Ripon, where the Prince of Wales once stayed. Her great-grandfather Thomas was the second chief police officer in Ripon.
Her maternal grandfather, Robert Ellington Collinson, was a mayor of the town and proprietor of the Unicorn Hotel in Ripon, where the Prince of Wales once stayed. Her great-grandfather Thomas served as the second chief constable in Ripon.