Person DS/UK/3322 Smythe; Emily Anne (1826-1887); Viscountess Strangford; author and military nurse Smythe Emily Anne 1826-1887 author and military nurse Female née Beaufort, Emily Anne Baptised at St Marylebone, Middlesex, 1 Apr 1826; died of cerebral apoplexy on board SS Lusitania in the Mediterranean 24 Mar 1887 , buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London, 18 Apr 1887.

She married diplomat and orientalist Percy Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford on 6 August 1862; he had reviewed her book on Egyptian sepulchres and Syrian shrine, which she had written following her travels in Asia Minor in 1858; after his death in 1869 she devoted herself to nursing, particularly with regard to training. Youngest daughter of Sir Francis Beaufort and his first wife Alicia Magdalena (nee Wilson) "Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrain Shrines", 1861 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 03/02/2020 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 27/05/2020 cc33da38-8479-44ec-a217-e5d94ff083b3