Margaret (née Withey), Lady Ramsden

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Margaret (née Withey), Lady Ramsden

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1926
Purchased, 1996
Photographs Collection
NPG x84532

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  • Margaret (née Withey), Lady Ramsden (1881-1965), Surgeon; former wife of George W. Farwell, and later wife of 1st Baron Ramsden; daughter of Frank E. Withey. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.

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Current affairs

In response to wage cuts and increased working hours for coal miners recommended by the Samuel Commission, the Trade Union Council calls a General Strike of workers in the key industries. Although over 1.5 million workers took part, the TUC finally gave in after nine days and called off the strike. The Trade Disputes and Trade Union Act of 1927 made it harder for workers to strike.

Art and science

A.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh. The series of popular children's books featured the character Christopher Robin (named after Milne's son) and a cast of animals based on his stuffed-toys including Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga and Roo.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is published. This was Agatha Christie's third 'whodunit' novel featuring Hercule Poirot, the Belgian Detective.

International

The League of Nations accepts Germany as the sixth permanent member on the council deeming it a 'peace-loving country'. This confidence, however, was short lived with Germany leaving the League with the accession of Adolf Hitler to power in 1933.

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Melinda Field Bus

14 April 2018, 21:02

This is a picture of my Great Aunt, Enid Margaret Whithey Farwell Ramsden. She was a doctor for the Red Cross in France during WWI, at a time when most women were nurses, not physicians. She is my maternal grandmother’s sister. We knew her as Aunt Peggy, and she used to visit us in So. California when I was a child. She passed away when I was 13.
Her 1st husband, George Farwell, was killed in the Argonne Forest near the end of WWI.
She and her 2nd husband, the 1st Baron Ramsden, never had children.