Lonsdale, Lucy Margaret
The death of Miss Margaret Lonsdale, the friend and biographer of Sister Dora (Miss Dorothy Pattison) recalls the indebtedness of trained nurses to this member of their profession for the story of the life of a remarkable nurse, told in amost interesting way.
Biographical
| Registration number | 658 |
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| Surname | Lonsdale |
| First name(s) | Lucy Margaret |
| Address(es) | Sister Dora Convalescent Hospital, Milford, Stafford |
| Date of registration | 1890 |
| Qualifications | King's College Hospital 1877 (3 mos) Guy's Hospital 1880 (3 mos) Llandrindod Cottage Hospital (Matron) 1881 Sister Dora Hospital (Matron) 1884-1902 Walsall Cottage Hospital 1868-1880 County Council Lecturer on Nursing and Hygiene, Staffs, 1896 to date |
| Remarks | Deceased |
Personal details
| Date of birth | 1846 |
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| Place of birth | Lichfield |
| Family details | Father was Reverend John Gylby Lonsdale, Canon of Lichfield, born 1818, died 1907 Father's portrait by Guido Philipp Schmitt in Lichfield Cathedral Close can be viewed at bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings Grandfather was John Lonsdale, 1778-1867, Bishop of Lichfield |
| Date of death | 1917 |
| Place of death | Paddington |
| Additional personal details | Christened 27 December 1846 Saint Mary Lichfield A member of the Gosling Society, an essay group for young girls set up by Charlotte Mary Yonge (as Mother Goose) in 1859, Margaret took the name of Magpie, the Group closed in 1877 |
Professional details
| Work experience | Walsall Cottage Hospital 1868-1880 King's College Hospital (probationer) 1877 Guy's Hospital (probationer) 1880 Llandrindod Cottage Hospital (Matron) 1881 Sister Dora Hospital (Matron) 1884-1900 Lecturer on Nursing and Hygiene, Staffs County Council 1896-1904 Lecturer for Westminster Health Society 1909 |
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| Professional activities | Member of the RBNA |
| Additional professional details | Author of the Life of Sister Dora 1880, biography of Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, an Anglican nursing sister who worked in Walsall in the 1870s treating railwaymen, and after whom a hospital in Walsall was named Wrote letters to The Times in 1880 in support of Matron Burt of Guy's Hospital |
| Sources | http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk http://cms.walsall.gov.uk Letter to the Times Wednesday July 28 1880 Letter to the Times Friday July 30 1880 Letter to the Times 02 August 1880 FreeBMD |