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Edith Palliser
Edith Charlotte Bury Palliser (22 December 1859 – 25 November 1927), was a campaigner for women’s suffrage and rights in Great Britain and Ireland. Early life and education Born 22 December 1859 Edith Charlotte Bury Palliser was the youngest child and only daughter to Frederick Hugh Palliser and Emily Price. Her father was from an Anglo-Irish family and was an explorer and big-game hunter. But they lost much of the family fortune during the Irish Famine and the collapse of the family plantation in Ceylon. In 1865 Palliser was living with her family in Norway but her parents separated and she returned to live in Waterford with her mother. They lived in Comeragh House, Waterford. By 1895 Palliser had moved to London where she got a position as secretary with the Central Committee of the National Society for Women’s Suffrage. Palliser was chair of the London Society for Women’s Suffrage and secretary of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies as well as an executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Waterford
County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. Waterford City and County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. The population of the county at large, including the city, was 116,176 according to the 2016 census. The county is based on the historic Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of the ''Déisi, Déise''. There is an Gaeltacht, Irish-speaking area, Gaeltacht na nDéise, in the south-west of the county. Geography and subdivisions County Waterford has two mountain ranges, the Knockmealdown Mountains and the Comeragh Mountains. The highest point in the county is Knockmealdown, at . It also has many rivers, including Ireland's third-longest river, the River Suir (); and Ireland's fourth-longest river, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
