Lady Hardinge of Penshurst, studio portrait - gown, pearls

Lady Hardinge of Penshurst, formal studio portrait in gown and pearls. Captioned, The First Lady in India'. With description, Lady Hardinge of Penshurst: Who sails for India next month with her husband. Lord Hardinge is, of course, the new Viceroy of India, and his wife will occupy a position only a shade less difficult or less honourable than that of a Queen-Consort'. Winifred Selina Sturt, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst, (1868-1914), had an instrumental role in starting the Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi, the first medical school exclusively for women in India. Originally to be named Queen Mary's College and Hospital, after Lady Hardinge's death in 1914 it was named to honour her contribution

Baroness Delhi Hardinge Penshurst Selina Sturt Viceroy Winifred

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