Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland

Bridget Helen Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland, CBE (27 July 1896–17 April 1982) was a British peeress and Conservative Member of the House of Lords.

Bridget was the eldest of four daughters of the 10th Lord Ruthven and his wife Jean. On 17 January 1918, she married the 11th Earl of Carlisle (becoming the Countess of Carlisle) and they had two children:

*Charles James Ruthven, Viscount Howard of Morpeth (1923-1994), later 12th Earl of Carlisle.
*Lady Carolyn Bridget Dacre (b. 1919)

During World War II, Lady Carlisle was Senior Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service and Director of the Women's Advisory Council in India, for which she was awarded the CBE (military division) in 1947. Lord and Lady Carlisle also divorced that year and Lady Carlisle then became the second wife of Sir Walter Monckton, although they had no children. In 1956, she inherited her father's lordship of Ruthven of Freeland and a year later her husband was created Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (thus making her Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley). Lady Ruthven of Freeland took up her seat in the Lords in 1963 and on her death in 1982, her title passed to her son and is since merged with the earldom.