Lucy Cane
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c. 1866
Nelly O'Brien (sister)
William Smith O'Brien (grandfather)
Stephen Spring Rice (grandfather)
Charlotte Grace O'Brien (aunt)
Lucy Knox (aunt)
Geoffrey Rawson (son-in-law)
Brigid Ganly (niece)
Lucy Cane | |
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 Cane during World War I | |
| Born | Mary O'Brien c. 1866 Cahirmoyle, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 23 April 1926 (aged 59–60) London |
| Relatives | Dermod O'Brien (brother) Nelly O'Brien (sister) William Smith O'Brien (grandfather) Stephen Spring Rice (grandfather) Charlotte Grace O'Brien (aunt) Lucy Knox (aunt) Geoffrey Rawson (son-in-law) Brigid Ganly (niece) |
Lucy Mary Cane CBE (c.1866 – 23 April 1926), born Mary O'Brien, was an Irish public servant. During World War I, she worked with Katharine Furse, as assistant director of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross from 1914 to 1917, and as assistant director of the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1917 to 1919.[1][2]
Cane was born Mary O'Brien around 1866, probably in Cahirmoyle, County Limerick. She was the third and youngest child of Edward William O'Brien and his wife, Mary Spring Rice O'Brien. Her elder siblings were Dermod and Nelly, who both became noted artists.[3] Her grandfathers were politician William Smith O'Brien and philanthropist Stephen Spring Rice (1814–1865). O'Brien was educated at home. Following the death of her mother from tuberculosis in 1868, the three siblings were raised by their aunt, writer Charlotte Grace O'Brien.[1][4]
