I am impressed by the activities of the late Raine.
1954 - 1958 Lady Gerald Legge served as Councillor in the Westminster City Council for St George’s Ward in Knightsbridge.
1958 - 1965 Viscountess Lewisham, later Countess of Dartmouth served as Councillor in the London County Council for – suitably enough – West Lewisham.
1966 Lady Dartmouth unsuccesfully tried to become the Conservative candidate for the Richmond constituency in the House of Commons.
1967 - 1973 Lady Dartmouth served as Councillor in the Greater London Council for the borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.
1967 - 1973 Lady Dartmouth served as Chair of the Historic Buildings Board of the Greater London Council.
1971 - 1993 Lady Dartmouth was an active member of the English Tourist Board
1971 - 1972 Lady Dartmouth served as Chair of the Covent Garden Development Committee of the Greater London Council.
1972 Lady Dartmouth served as Chair of the government working party on the Human Habitat, set up in connection with the United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in June 1972.
1972 - 1975 Lady Dartmouth served as Chair of the UK Executive preparing for European Architectural Year 1975. In this capacity Lady Dartmouth appointed the Earl Spencer as Chairman of the Youth Panel for European Architectural Year.
1976 Lady Dartmouth divorced the Earl of Dartmouth.
1976 Raine, Countess of Dartmouth married the Earl Spencer.
1976 Lady Spencer became chatelaine of Althorp House.
1980 - 1982 Lady Spencer served as a member of the Board of the Victoria & Albert Museum.
1992 The Earl Spencer passed away.
1992 The Dowager Countess Spencer ended to be chatelaine of Althorp House.
1993 The Dowager Countess Spencer married the French Comte Jean-François Pineton de Chambrun.
1994 Comtesse Jean-François Pineton de Chambrun became chatelaine of
Château de Garibondy at the French Rivièra.
1996 Madame de Chambrun divorced the Comte Jean-François Pineton de Chambrun.
1996 Raine, Countess Spencer ended to be the chatelaine of Château de Garibondy.
After this -for an unknown period- Raine, Countess Spencer became a member of the board of directors of Harrod's.