Paget, Muriel (1876–1938)

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Paget, Muriel (1876–1938)

British philanthropist. Name variations: Lady Muriel Paget; Muriel Evelyn Vernon Paget. Born Muriel Evelyn Vernon Finch-Hatton, Aug 19, 1876; died June 16, 1938; dau. of Murray Edward Gordon Finch-Hatton, 12th earl of Winchilsea, and Edith Harcourt (died 1944); m. Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget (1869–1955), 2nd baronet, of Cranmore (barrister and physicist), 1897; children: Richard (1898–1898), Sylvia Mary Paget (1901–1996), Pamela Paget (1903–1989), Angela Paget (b. 1906) and John Starr Paget (1914–1992).

Supported a number of local and worldwide efforts to aid the sick and underprivileged; founded the Invalid Kitchens of London (1905), of which she served as honorary secretary until her death; organized the Anglo-Russian Hospital in Russia (1915–17); inaugurated and administered hospital and child-welfare organizations in Czechoslovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania; began conducting relief work for British subjects in Russia (1924). Received OBE (1918) and CBE (1938).