Janet Lucretia Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton and Winton, DBE (''née'' Cuninghame; – 6 October 1923) was a British Red Cross administrator and the wife of

George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton, 3rd Earl of Winton (23 February 1848 – 10 August 1919) was the third and youngest son of Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, ...

Family

She was the daughter of Captain Boyd Alexander Cuninghame of the

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and his Australian wife, Mary ( Wilkinson). She married the Honourable George Montgomerie on 13 November 1873. The couple had several children: * Lady Georgiana Theresa Montgomerie (d. 21 August 1938) * Lady Edith Mary Montgomerie (d. 8 September 1947) * Archibald Seton Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton (23 June 1880 – 22 April 1945) * William Alexander Montgomerie (29 October 1881 – 9 May 1903) * Captain Francis Cuninghame Montgomerie (25 January 1887 – 16 March 1950) George Montgomerie succeeded his elder brother as 15th Earl in 1892 and died in 1919.

World War I

During the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, Lady Eglinton was president of the Ayrshire Branch of the

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and a member of the Scottish War Executive of the Society. For these services she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

References

1850s births 1923 deaths Winton Scottish countesses Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire British women in World War I Australian emigrants to Scotland {{Scotland-earl-stub