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Lady Strangford, Emily Ann Smythe or Emily Anne Beaufort (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. ==Life== Emily Anne Beaufort was born in St Marylebone and baptised in April 1826. Her parents were Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort and his wife Alice. Her father gave his name to the Beaufort Scale. In 1858 she set out on a journey with her elder sister to Egypt.〔Elizabeth Baigent, 'Strangford , Emily Anne, Viscountess Strangford (bap. 1826, d. 1887)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 2 May 2015 )〕 The book that she wrote, illustrated and dedicated to her sister, describes the places she visited in Syria, Lebanon, Asia Minor and Egypt and this was so popular that it was re-issued several times.〔(Viscountess Strangford ), University of Wales, retrieved 3 May 2015〕 Strangford received a critical review of her 1851 book ''Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines'' by Percy Smythe, later Viscount Strangford. Unusually this led to them meeting and their marriage.〔Elizabeth Baigent, 'Strangford , Emily Anne, Viscountess Strangford (bap. 1826, d. 1887)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 2 May 2015 )〕 In 1859 and 1860 she was travelling in Smyrna, Rhodes, Mersin, Tripoli, Beirut, Baalbek, Athens, Attica, the Pentelicus mountains, Constantinople and Belgrade. During the whole journey she kept a journal recording all that she experienced.〔(Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford Journal, 1859-1860 ), Duke University, retrieved 2 May 2015〕 When Strangford published her second book ''Eastern Shores of the Adriatic'' in 1864 it had a final anonymous chapter title "Chaos," which is attributed to her husband. This work is considered important in his writing career. Her husband was twice president of the Royal Asiatic Society in the 1860s. He died in 1869 and as they had no children his titles became extinct. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady Strangford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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