Dame Margaret Agnes Davidson DBE

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( Feilding; 21 April 1871 – 14 October 1964) was the

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wife of the Colonial Governor of

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, Sir

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. She was named

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for her work with the

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and the Scouting and Girl Guides in New South Wales.

Background

Born Margaret Agnes Feilding, she was the daughter of General Hon. Sir Percy Robert Basil Feilding (1827–1904) and Lady Louisa Isabella Harriet Thynne (died 26 June 1919). She married Sir

on 21 October 1907, and was thereafter styled as Lady Davidson. In 1918, Davidson was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in her own right, and later as a Dame of Grace,

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. She was thereafter styled as Dame Margaret Davidson.

Legacy

*Lady Davidson Hospital,

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*Lady Davidson Circuit,

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Sources

* Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (

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, U.S.: ''Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd'', 2003), volume 1, page 1087.

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