Extracts from a Diary During the War [1927]
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Extracts from a Diary During the War [1927]
Author: Kate Courtney (Baroness Courtney of Penwith)
Year: 1927
Digitised by Google Books from the collection of the New York Public Library, see Source below. If necessary, click on Show More, below. The title page includes the wording To my Nephews and Nieces. (Also) Printed for Private Circulation December 1927 Born 1847, Kate Courtney was married to Leonard Courtney, who became 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith in 1906. He was a member of the House of Commons 1876-1900. He died May 1918 aged 85. Both the author and her husband were Quakers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Courtney,_Baroness_Courtney_of_Penwith Catherine Courtney, Baroness Courtney of Penwith. “Active in charitable organisations in her early life, she later campaigned with her husband Leonard Courtney to end the Second Boer War and the First World War. She sought to bring attention to the plight of citizens of the enemy nations and was denounced as being overly sympathetic to the enemy during both wars.”