Catherine Wingate
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Lady Wingate | |
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| Born | Catherine Leslie Rundle 26 October 1858 |
| Died | 10 June 1946 (aged 87) Knockenhair, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Known for | President of the Cairo and Alexandria Red Cross Committee |
| Spouse | |
| Father | Joseph Rundle |
| Relatives | General Sir Leslie Rundle (brother) Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate (son) |
Dame Catherine Leslie Wingate, DBE (née Rundle; 26 October 1858 – 10 June 1946), was a British humanitarian and social activist who led the Cairo and Alexandria Red Cross committees during the First World War.
The daughter of Royal Navy Captain Joseph Rundle and his wife, Renira Catherine (née Leslie), her brother was General Sir Leslie Rundle. On 18 June 1888, she married Reginald Wingate, a Royal Artillery officer at the time.
During the First World War, Lady Wingate was president of the Cairo and Alexandria Red Cross Committee and of the Empire Nurses' Red Cross Clubs in the two cities, and for these services she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ The London Gazette, no. 31924 (1 June 1920), p. 6037.
Sources
[edit]- Obituary, The Times, 11 June 1946
- Biography of Sir Reginald Wingate, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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