Vere Monckton-Arundell, Viscountess Galway (née Gosling DStJ; 1859 - 3 January 1921) was a British poet, writer, philanthropist, and woman of letters. In 1910, she co-founded an auxiliary hospital at her home, Serlby Hall, with her husband. She was invested as a Lady of Justice of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
The Viscountess Galway | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Lady Galway from 1889 by Edward Hughes | |
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| Born | Vere Gosling 1859 Godalming, Waverly Surrey, England |
| Died | 3 January 1921 |
| Spouse | George Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway |
| Children | Violet Frances Monckton George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway |
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Biography
editLady Galway was born Vere Gosling in 1859 in Godalming, Surrey, the only daughter of Emma Susan Duncombe and Ellis Gosling of Busbridge Hall.[1]
On 24 July 1879, she married George Edward Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway.[2] She and her husband founded a military hospital at their home, Serlby Hall, in 1910. The hospital functioned as an auxiliary hospital under Surgeon General Ford of York during World War I. The hospital was run and expenses covered by Lord and Lady Galway.[3]
Lord and Lady Galway had two children, The Honourable Violet Frances Monckton and George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway.[4][5]
Lady Galway was appointed a Lady of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.[4]
Lady Galway wrote The Art of Conserving in 1905 and The Programme of King Harry's Revel Held at Serlby in August 1908.[6][7][8] She also wrote poetry. A book of her poetry, The Creed of Love and Other Poems, was published in 1922, after her death.[9] After her death, a collection of her letters was also published. The collection includes letters to her husband; her son; her brother, Ellis D. Gosling; Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough; Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Countess Eleanore zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn; and Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace.[10]
She died on 3 January 1921.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Viscountess Galway | Antique Diamond Necklace Tiara Diadem Bandeau| Famous Important Jewels HistoryAntique Diamond Necklace | Vivien Leigh | Famous Important Jewels History". royal-magazin.de.
- ^ "Biography of George E. M. Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway". nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007.
- ^ "Vere Gosling (Viscountess Galway) and Serlby Hall Hospital – Doncaster 1914-18". www.doncaster1914-18.org.uk.
- ^ a b c "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
- ^ "Correspondence from Vere Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscountess Galway (d 1921) to her son George Vere Monckton Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway | The National Archives". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ Galway.), Vere MONCKTON-ARUNDELL (Viscountess (8 February 1908). "The Programme of King Harry's Revel Held at Serlby, August 1908 " – via Google Books.
- ^ Galway, Viscountess Vere Monckton-Arundell (8 February 1905). "The Art of Conserving". John & Ed. Bumpus – via Google Books.
- ^ "The art of conserving". Wellcome Collection.
- ^ Galway, Viscountess Vere Monckton-Arundell (8 February 1922). "The Creed of Love and Other Poems". privately printed by Messrs. Hatchard – via Google Books.
- ^ "Correspondence and Papers of Vere Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscountess Galway (d 1931)" – via National Archive of the UK.