Sarah Acland
Sarah, Lady Acland (
Life
Sarah Cotton was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England, the eldest daughter of William Cotton FRS (1786–1866), Governor of the Bank of England, and Sarah Lane (1790–1872). She lived with her family in Marylebone, London before she was married.
On 14 July 1846, Sarah Cotton married Sir Henry Acland; they had seven sons and a daughter:
- Admiral Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Baronet (1847–1924)
- Sarah Angelina Acland (1849–1930), photographer
- Henry Dyke Acland (1850–1936)
- Theodore Dyke Acland (1851–1931), the father of Theodore Acland (1890–1960)
- Herbert Dyke Acland (1855–1877)
- Sir Reginald Brodie Dyke Acland (1856–1924)
- Francis Edward Dyke Acland (1857–1943)
- Alfred Dyke Acland (1858–1937)
The Aclands lived at 41
Sarah Acland died in Oxford on 25 October 1878. She was buried in Holywell Cemetery by St Cross Church in Oxford.[3]
Legacy
There is a memorial to Sarah Acland in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.[4]
The Sarah Acland Memorial and Home for Nurses was originally established in 1882 at 37
Sarah Acland's only daughter and namesake,
References
- ^ "Sarah Cotton". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ a b Brunel, Isambard (1894). Brunel, Isambard (ed.). A Sketch of the Life and Character of Sarah Acland: Written for the Nurses of the "Sarah Acland Memorial Home," Oxford. London: Seeley.
- Find A Grave. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- Find A Grave. 7 September 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Sarah Acland Memorial and Home for Nurses (Oxford, England) (1896). The Sarah Acland Memorial and Home for Nurses, 37, Wellington Square ; Medical & Surgical Home, 36 & 38 Wellington Square, Oxford: Work of the Nursing Institution for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1895.
- ^ Frith, Francis (1900). "Sarah Acland Home 1900, Oxford". Francis Frith. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "Acland Hospital, Oxford". Oxfordshire Health Archives. UK: National Health Service. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - Museum of the History of Science. Retrieved 16 January 2013.