Lady Strangford
1826–1887 (age 61)
Biography
Emily Ann Smythe, Viscountess Strangford or Emily Anne Beaufort RRC, (1826 – 24 March 1887) was a British illustrator, writer and nurse. There are streets named after her and permanent museum exhibits about her in Bulgaria. She established hospitals and mills to assist the Bulgarians following the April Uprising in 1876 that preceded the re-establishment of Bulgaria. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross medal by Queen Victoria for establishing another hospital in Cairo.