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Louisa Margaret Leila Wemyss, Lady Paget
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or "LOUISA MARGARET LEILA WEMYSS PAGET, Lady (1881), was born in London Oct. 9 1881, the daughter of Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget (b. 1851), a descendant of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey. She married in 1907 a connexion of her own, Sir Ralph Spencer Paget, who had a distinguished career in the diplomatic service, and was from 1916 to 1918 minister to Denmark and from 1918 to 1920 first ambassador to Brazil. In 1915 Lady Paget organized a Red Cross hospital for service in Serbia, and was stationed at Uskub, having to remain there when the town was occupied by the Bulgarians, Oct. 1915. She was allowed to use her stores for the relief of refugees, and relieved a great deal of suffering. In Feb. 1916 she was transferred to Sofia, and in April returned to England. In 1915 she was invested with the order of St. Sava by the Serbian Government and in 1917 received the G. B.E.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Louisa Margaret Leila Wemyss, Lady Paget'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/louisa-margaret-leila-wemyss-lady-paget.html. 1910.
