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, who gave her Lockinge House near

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as a wedding present when she married

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in 1858. The couple lived at 2 Carlton Gardens, London, Lockinge House, Berks, and Overstone Park and Ardington House. She was a benefactor to many causes, most notably nursing, for which she founded the National Aid Society (later the

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). For this she was awarded the Order of the Red Cross in 1883. Two years later her husband was made peer of the realm and she wrote a biography of him which was published after his death. She is known for founding

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and

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. Her large art collection at Lockinge House, which included Turner's '' High Street, Oxford'', Claude Lorrain's ''

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'', and other works by modern artists as well as old masters, was largely dispersed and sold after her death. Her heir A. T. Loyd sold the principal paintings at Sotheby's, London, 28 Nov. 1945. Lockinge House was demolished in 1947, and the remainder of the collection was installed in a smaller house nearby.C.L. Loyd, ‘The Loyd Collection of Paintings and Drawings at Betterton House, Lockinge, Near Wantage, Berkshire’ Published by Bradbury Agnew, London, 1967 Notable paintings in her collection were: File:Jacob van Ruisdael - A wooded river landscape with peasants on a bridge.jpg, Landscape by

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'', by

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File:Anthony van Dyck - Portrait of Henrietta Maria - Lady Wantage.jpg, Portrait of Queen

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, by Anthony van Dyck

References

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Catalogue of porcelain, furniture and other works of art in the collection of Lady Wantage &c.
' W.H. Fairbairns, Enfield, 1912. (With Oliver Brackett) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wantage, Harriet Sarah Jones-Loyd, Lady 1837 births 1920 deaths British women writers British art collectors

Women art collectors Daughters of barons