Laura Galton

Laura Gwendolen Douglas Galton Gascoigne CBE DStJ (2 March 1859 – 2 July 1949), was a British nurse, writer, and singer. She was appointed Commander Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1918. She was appointed Dame of Justice, most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Life Laura Gwendolen Gascoigne was the daughter of Sir Douglas Strutt Galton and Marianne Nicholson. Through her mother, Laura Gwendolen, she was the god daughter and second cousin to Florence Nightingale. Marriage She wed Frederic Charles Trench Gascoigne on February 16, 1892. He was the nephew of Elizabeth Gascoigne, from whom he inherited Lotherton Hall, which the couple used as their family home. He was also the son of Colonel Fredrick Charles Trench and Mary-Isabella Oliver Gascoigne. Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne, Cynthia Mary Trench-Gascoigne (later Hill), and Edward Oliver Trench-Gascoigne, who passed away as an infant, were their three children together.