Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton

Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton and Baroness Masham of Ilton, born Susan Sinclair, lived from 14 April 1935 to 12 March 2023 and was a British crossbench member of the House of Lords, disability campaigner and Paralympic athlete. She was the founder and life-long president of the Spinal Injuries Association and a vice president of the Snowdon Trust, founded by the Earl of Snowdon. At the inaugural Games in Rome in 1960 she won swimming gold in the 25 metre breaststroke complete class 2, silver in the 25 metre backstroke and bronze in the table tennis women's doubles class B, and at Tokyo in 1964 she won gold in the table tennis women's doubles B alongside Gwen Buck and silver in the women's singles B.