Person Open DS/UK/4181 Seymour; Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon (fl 1877-1936); Duchess of Somerset; British wife of Algernon Seymour Seymour Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon fl 1877-1936 British wife of Algernon Seymour Female

From 1905 onwards she became one of the leading organisers of the Invalid Kitchens charity and she was also active in a number of other charitable causes, including Dr Barnardo’s Homes (of which her husband became president). She died on 30 January 1936. She was a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and was also awarded the Medal of the Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra Nurses Institution, the Belgian Queen Elisabeth Medal, the French Médaille de la Reconnaissance, the Italian Medaglia Benemeriti Croce Rossa, the Serbian Red Cross Order, and the Spanish Red Cross Merit Order. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 1/29/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 ca718c07-7301-412a-9925-53b46b33fef4