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Frances Ethel Scarborough (10 January 1880 – 9 December 1956) was an English pianist, composer and politician. She was born in Crouch End, London and died in Graffham, Sussex. She conducted her own works at the Promenade Concerts.

Scarborough was also active in the Conservative Party, for which she stood in Ebbw Vale at the 1935 United Kingdom general election, taking second place with 22.2% of the vote.

Works

Selected works include:

• Promise, a fantasy
• Concerto for piano
• Concerto in C Minor for piano

References

1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
2. "Music in Foreign Lands". The New York Times. 10 September 1922. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
3. The Times House of Commons 1935, p.135

• 1880 births
• 1956 deaths
• 20th-century English classical composers
• English classical composers
• English women classical composers
• Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
• 20th-century English women composers
• British pianists
• English women pianists