sentences:  She herself fought the 1929 general election for the Liberals at Tavistock, having been invited to become the candidate by the local Liberal Association against the wishes of national headquarters who were apparently unhappy that she was not a supporter of party leader David Lloyd George.She narrowly failed to gain Tavistock from the Conservatives by just 152 votes.In 1937 her husband became Viscount Runciman of Doxford, and she was styled as Viscountess Runciman of Doxford.