Miss Clara Elizabeth Giveen

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Single

Born: 1887

Place of birth: Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland

Arrest Record: Yes

Recorded Entries: 7

Sources:

Other sources: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4769024
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw56945/Clara-Elizabeth-Giveen?LinkID=mp58990&role=sit&rNo=1

Further Information:

Additional Information: Clara was arrested on several occasions but is most well known for setting fire to the grandstand at Hurst Park racecourse, for which she received three years in prison with hard labour. She went on hunger strike and was released on medical grounds temporarily to recover, under the government's 'Cat and Mouse Act', only to evade recapture by police.

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