Winifred Sturt, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst

Winifred Selina Sturt, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst, CI (17 March 1868 - 11 June 1914) was an English woman

The Right Honourable

The Lady Hardinge of Penshurst

CI
Born(1868-03-17)17 March 1868
Died11 June 1914(1914-06-11) (aged 46)
Penshurst, Kent, England, UK
Nationality British
Winifred Sturt with her husband and daughter Diamond, 1910

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Legacy

She had an instrumental role in starting the Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi - first medical school exclusively for women in India. Initially to be named Queen Mary's College and Hospital, after Lady Hardinge's death in 1914 it was named after her to honour her contribution.

Family

Winifred Selina "Bena" Sturt was the second daughter of Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington, of Crichel, Dorset, and his first wife Lady Augusta Bingham, the first daughter of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan.

Henry Gerard Sturt was a racing magnate and close friend of Edward, prince of Wales. The Sturt family opposed Winifred's engagement to Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst on account of Winifred and Charles' consanguinity (they were first cousins), as well as Hardinge's relative indigence, but the couple married on 17 April 1890.[1]

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References
  1. ODNB profile; accessed 27 March 2014.
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