Lady Muriel Paget

Lady Muriel Paget
Lady Muriel Paget, published in 1909
Born(1876-08-19)19 August 1876
Knightsbridge, London, England
Died16 June 1938(1938-06-16) (aged 61)
Marylebone, London, England
Spouse
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(m. 1897)​
Children5
FatherMurray Finch-Hatton
RelativesEdward William Harcourt (grandfather)

Lady Muriel Evelyn Vernon Paget CBE DStJ (19 August 1876 – 16 June 1938) was a British philanthropist and humanitarian relief worker, initially based in London, and later in Eastern and Central Europe. She was made an OBE in 1918 and promoted to CBE in 1938.[1] She received awards in recognition of her humanitarian work from the governments of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Imperial Russia.[2] In 1916 she was invested as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John.[3]

  1. ^ Obituary, The Times, Friday 17 June 1938, p. 18.
  2. ^ Blunt, Wilfrid. Lady Muriel: Lady Muriel Paget, her Husband, and her Philanthropic Work in Central and Eastern Europe. London, Methuen & Co., 1962, pp. 287–288.
  3. ^ Order of St John honour, The Times, Wednesday 2 February 1916, p. 11.