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British Red Cross administrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janet Lucretia Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton and Winton, DBE (née Cuninghame; c. 1854 – 6 October 1923) was a British Red Cross administrator and the wife of George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton.
The Countess of Eglinton and Winton | |
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Born | Janet Lucretia Cuninghame c. 1854 |
Died | 6 October 1923 68–69) | (aged
Other names | Janet Lucretia Montgomerie |
Spouse | |
Children | Lady Georgiana Montgomerie Lady Edith Montgomerie Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton William Alexander Montgomerie Captain Francis Cuninghame Montgomerie |
She was the daughter of Captain Boyd Alexander Cuninghame of the Royal Navy and his Australian wife, Mary (née Wilkinson). She married the Honourable George Montgomerie on 13 November 1873. The couple had several children:
George Montgomerie succeeded his elder brother as 15th Earl in 1892 and died in 1919.
During the First World War, Lady Eglinton was president of the Ayrshire Branch of the British Red Cross Society and a member of the Scottish War Executive of the Society. For these services she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.[3]
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