Georgina King Lewis
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Georgina King Lewis | |
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| Born | 1847 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 5 December 1924 Croydon, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Philanthropist, war worker, temperance activist, writer |
| Spouse | Henry King Lewis |
| Father | John Stoughton |
Georgina King Lewis (1847 – 5 December 1924) was a British writer and philanthropist in the Quaker tradition, described as a "Friend of the Oppressed", for her work in Croydon, South London, England, and in war zones in South Africa and Bulgaria.
Lewis was born in Kensington, the daughter of John Stoughton and Mary Vyse Stoughton. Her father was a Congregationalist minister.[1] Her older brother Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton was the co-founder of Hodder & Stoughton, the publishing house.[2]
Philanthropy
Lewis donated £1,200 to the first Ruskin House,[3] and was active in the Temperance movement. Lewis was appointed a member of the Women's Central Committee on Temperance in 1899.[4] From 1899 to 1901 she worked in a hospital in South Africa during the Boer War; in 1903 she went to Macedonia as a relief worker. In 1906 she had an audience with Pope Pius X to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the Congo Free State.[5] She was an officer of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society.[6]
