biography
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Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness
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pronunciation:
[berdet koots]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1814–1906)
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| biography:
| Philanthropist, born in London, UK, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett (1770–1844) and grand-daughter of Thomas Coutts. She inherited her grandfather's fortune in 1837, and used it to mitigate suffering. She established a shelter for fallen women, built model homes, and endowed churches and colonial bishoprics. In 1871 she received a peerage, and in 1872 she became the first woman to be given the freedom of the City of London. |
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