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Florence Tunks
Florence Olivia Tunks (19 July 1891 – 22 February 1985) was a British suffragette, bookkeeper and nurse. She member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) who with Evaline Hilda Burkitt, Hilda Burkitt engaged in a campaign of arson in Suffolk in 1914 for which they both received prison sentences. Early life Tunks was born in Newport, Wales, Newport, Monmouthshire in 1891, the eldest of four daughters of Gilbert Samuel Tunks (1863–1933), an engineer, and Elizabeth "Bessie" Ann Tunks (1866–1947). From 1894 to 1911 the family lived in Cardiff, Wales where Gilbert Tunks ran a mechanical and electric engineers and oven builders which traded as Tunks and Co. Tunks worked as a bookkeeper and lived with her parents and three sisters at 20 Bisham Gardens in Highgate, London. Activism By 1914 Tunks had joined the WSPU and became a militant suffragette. In April 1914 Tunks and fellow-suffragette Evaline Hilda Burkitt, Hilda Burkitt burnt down two wheat stacks at Buc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Derby that opened in 1810. It was managed by the Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Following the transfer of community services to the London Road Community Hospital located further south-east along London Road, the infirmary closed in 2009 and most of the buildings were demolished in spring 2015. History Derbyshire General Infirmary In early 1803, the Reverend Thomas Gisborne and Isaac Hawkins Browne Esq. (Trustees of the late Isaac Hawkins Esq.) signified their intention to appropriate £5,000 towards an infirmary to be erected at Derby. On 5 April 1803, following a request from the Grand Jury, the Sheriff of Derbyshire ( Robert Wilmot) held a meeting to consider the founding of a hospital in Derby. At this meeting it was noted that subscriptions promised had already reached £17,215, with a further £2,592 and 18 shillings annually. On 6 October 1803, a committee was appointed consisting of all subscribers of mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
