Jane Stuart-Wortley
Jane Stuart-Wortley | |
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Born | Jane Thompson 5 December 1820 |
Died | 4 February 1900 |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Jane Lawley |
Known for | philanthropy |
Jane Stuart-Wortley or Jane Thompson; Jane Lawley (5 December 1820 – 4 February 1900) was an English philanthropist.
Life
Stuart-Wortley was born in York in 1820 when her surname was Thompson. Her family adopted the surname Lawley when her father became Lord Wenlock.[1]
In 1846 she married James Stuart-Wortley.[2] They had four sons and five daughters; two of their sons died in childhood:[citation needed]
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- Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley (10 May 1848 – 18 April 1941), married in London on 30 December 1880 Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace
- Archibald John Stuart-Wortley (27 May 1849 – 11 October 1905), married in 1883 Eleanor Edith Bromley (d. 1939)
- Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley (15 September 1851 – 24 April 1926)
- Margaret Jane Stuart-Wortley (d. 6 October 1937), married on 8 May 1877 Sir Reginald Talbot, son of Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury
- Blanche Georgina Stuart-Wortley (d. 7 July 1931), married on 26 February 1895 Frederick Firebrace (d. 1917)
- Caroline Susan Theodora Stuart-Wortley (d. 7 August 1940), married on 25 June 1881 Norman Grosvenor, son of Baron Ebury
- Katharine Sarah Stuart-Wortley (d. 27 March 1943), married on 1 October 1883 Gen. Sir Neville Lyttelton, son of Baron Lyttelton
In 1846, her husband was sworn in as a
Jane was now more available to find her own interests. She took a great interest in schemes in London that were aimed at improving the lot of the poor. She supported the East London Nursing Association
Stuart-Wortley's husband died in 1881 and she died at Ripley House in Ripley, Surrey, on 4 February 1900, aged 79.[4]
Legacy
A memorial fund in her name was created in 1901 by her children that benefited a nursing charity.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Jane Stuart Wortley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Retrieved 31 January 2016
- ^ charles r. dod (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 585.
- ISBN 978-1-136-89770-2.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36058. London. 6 February 1900. p. 1.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1904). Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1.