Maude Lawrence
Dame Hon. Maude Agnes Lawrence DBE (16 April 1864 – 11 January 1933) was a British civil servant who was among the first females to serve in HM Government.[1]
Lawrence was born in Southgate, London, the daughter of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Viceroy of India 1864–1869, and Harriette Katherine Hamilton of County Meath, Ireland. She was the niece of General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence and Lieutenant-General Sir George Lawrence, and sister of John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence, rugby player Henry Arnold Lawrence, businessman Charles Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate, and General Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence.[1]
Maude was educated at Bedford College. She served as Chief Woman Inspector of the Board of Education and Director of Women's Establishments at HM Treasury.[1]
She was created in the 1926 Birthday Honours.[2]
She died at Ickenham Hall, Uxbridge, following a short illness, at age 68.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Dame Maude Lawrence – Women in the Civil Service". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 13 January 1933. p. 14.
- ^ "No. 33179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1926. p. 4410.
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