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Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth

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Davina Ingrams, DBE, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth, lived from 10 July 1938 to 24 February 2008 and was a crossbench member of the House of Lords who kept her seat after the House of Lords Act 1999 as an elected peer. She was the daughter of Mervyn Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, and his wife Vida, and descended through her grandfather, the 4th Earl of Powis, from Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive; the barony had been created in 1332 for John Darcy. As an athlete she won a gold medal in swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Israel and a bronze in table tennis at the 1972 Games in West Germany.

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1938 1
Gender
Female 1
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1 1
Gold Medals
1 1
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Para or Adaptive 1
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    She won a gold medal in swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Israel, and a bronze for table tennis at the 1972 Games in West Germany.
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    was a crossbench member of the House of Lords
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