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Persönliche Daten Winifred Bamford-Hesketh Countess Dundonald 

• Sie ist geboren am 16. April 1859 in Torquay, Devon, England.Quellen 2, 3, 4
• Alternative: Sie ist geboren Juni 1859 in Torquay, Devon, England.
• Wohnhaft:
• im Jahr 1891: St Marylebone, London, England.Quelle 4
• im Jahr 1871: Gwrych, Denbighshire, Wales.Quelle 3
• im Jahr 1861: Tormoham, Devon, England.Quelle 2
• (Winifred Bamford-Hesketh Cochrane) am 16. Januar 1924 in Llanddulas, Conwy, Wales.Quelle 5
• Sie ist verstorben am 16. Januar 1924 in 5 Cadogan Square, Middlesex, sie war 64 Jahre alt.
• Ein Kind von Robert Bamford Hesketh und Ellen Jones-Bateman

Familie von Winifred Bamford-Hesketh Countess Dundonald

Sie ist verheiratet mit Lieut. General Sir Douglas MacKinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane.

Sie haben geheiratet am 18. September 1878 in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, sie war 19 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Grizel Winifred Louise Cochrane.  1880-1976
2. Capt. Thomas Hesketh Douglas Blair Cochrane  1886-1958
3. Lady Jean Alice Elaine Cochrane  1887-1955
4. Lady Marjorie Gwendoline Elsie Cochrane  1889-1973
5. Douglas Robert Hesketh Roger Cochrane  1892-1942

Notizen bei Winifred Bamford-Hesketh Countess Dundonald

During World War One she founded two military hospitals entirely at her own expense which served to treat patients from all over the world – a fascinating photograph survives of the Countess caring for injured Maori soldiers. Recognition of this humanitarian work came with the honour of Dame of Grace, for the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. The work and plight of women was a concern for the Countess, becoming involved with exhibitions of Women’s handicrafts and patronising women artists, most notably the American Pre-Raphaelite, Anna Lea-Merritt.
https://www.gwrychcastle.co.uk/history/

About
English (default) edit | history
Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 778

Biography
The eleven almshouses in Groes Lwyd, Abergele were the brainchild of Winifred Bamford Hesketh, Countess of Dundonald (1859-1924).

After an idyllic childhood at Gwrych Castle, Wales, Winifred, aged 19, entered into an allegedly arranged marriage with Capt (eventually Lt General) Douglas Cochrane, a Scottish nobleman and an ambitious professional soldier, six years her senior.[1] In 1885, he succeeded to the title of the 12th Earl of Dundonald. Though she bore him two sons and three daughters, the relationship was not a happy one, not helped, perhaps, by his long and frequent absences on military duties, and in Scotland.

On the death of her father, Robert Bamford Hesketh, in 1894, she became the sole heiress of the Gwrych Estate, and thus an independent lady of very great means; but she had also inherited her parents’ and grandparents’ desire to use some of these means for the benefit of others.

By 1906 the marriage was over, with the Earl being banned from the Castle. Thereafter, she became increasingly religious, and a very close friend of Dr Alfred Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph (later the first Archbishop of Wales).

By any standard, Winifred Bamford Hesketh was a remarkable woman. As well as being a diligent mother to her five children, and managing landed estates of several thousand acres single-handed, she also found time to espouse many worthy causes, including the disestablishment of the Church in Wales, of which she was a founder member; the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, into which she was inducted as a bard in 1910; the work and status of women; Welsh art and music; the Primrose League; the Cambrian Archaeological Society; and during WW1 converting two of her London homes into military hospitals.

But she was no less exercised by charitable deeds nearer home: in 1909 she built a superb Church Hall for the village of Llanddulas; and, like her mother before her, was ever mindful of the plight of the vulnerable in her own locality, especially children, and the elderly. It was no surprise, therefore, when she died in 1924, that she had bequeathed £5000 and a parcel of land behind Gwrych Newydd (now Abergele Grill) to build a number of houses for “aged or impoverished persons of good character” from the parish of Abergele.

Had Winifred’s instructions been acted upon promptly, the £5000 and the plot of land would have been sufficient to build and maintain six or more almshouses in a fairly central location in the town. Indeed, plans were submitted to the Charity Commissioners in July 1938 by the then Vicar, Rev H. R. Hughes, but they received a mixed report. Whilst the Commissioners were broadly satisfied with the type of house proposed, the number would have to be reduced to “probably five, and so leaving a greater sum in reserve than originally contemplated”. This was due to problems inherent in their position: the lack of an adequate access road to the main street; and having to deal with both a stream and a public footpath traversing the site.

Understandably, with WW2 looming, the project was left in abeyance – that is, until 1956, when a new Vicar, Rev Llewelyn Hughes, resolved to put into effect the Countess’s will. By then, the capital had grown to £8000, but its value relative to building costs had shrunk, so that only two almshouses were now thought feasible, thus rendering the designated plot too large.

Nothing daunted, Rev Hughes pressed ahead, and by April 1957, with the help of Mr Harry Cleaver, the St Asaph Diocesan Registrar, he had drafted an acceptable modus operandi, or ‘Scheme’, for what became known as the Winifred Bamford Hesketh Almshouses charity. That ‘Scheme’ has stood the test of time, and is still adhered to today, including the specification for Trustees: the Vicar of Abergele, ex officio, and four co-opted Trustees, all practising members of the Church in Wales.

Winifred Bamford Hesketh Almshouse

She passed away in 1924.[2]

Sources
↑ "Wales, Denbighshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCPG-THK : 18 April 2018), Lord Cochrane and Winifred Banford Hesketh, 18 Sep 1878, Marriage; from "Parish Records Collection 1538-2005," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Llanddulas, Denbighshire, Wales, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-82SG : 14 December 2017), Winifred Bamford-Hesketh Cochrane, 1924; Burial, Llanddulas, , Conwy, Wales, Llanddulas, St Cynbryd Churchyard; citing record ID 183472908, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
See also:

"England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PY-VH9 : 11 December 2017), Winifred B Hesketh in entry for Robert Bamford Hesketh, 1871.
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