Edith MacGregor Rome
Edith Sheriff MacGregor Rome, RRC (1870 – 6 June 1938) was a British nursing matron and administrator. She served as President of the Royal College of Nursing from 1933–1934 and again from 1937–1938.
Early life
[edit]Edith Sheriff MacGregor was born in Glasgow in 1870.[1] She was the daughter of George Sheriff-MacGregor of Glengyle.[1] She was educated in Glasgow and Germany.[1]
Career and marriage
[edit]She was trained at Westminster Hospital[1] 1894-1898, and joined the College of Nursing in its foundation year 1916 as member 998.[2] She registered with the General Nursing Council in 1921 as one of its first members, number 164.[3]
Rome later served as Assistant Matron of the Warneford Hospital, Leamington and as Matron of the Paddington Green Children's Hospital.[1] During the First World War, she led a nursing unit of the British Red Cross Society into Romania in 1916 and then onwards in 1918 to Russia and Serbia with Lady Muriel Paget's unit. Rome was a member of staff for the College of Nursing from 1920-1930[4] as the first Secretary of the Student Nurses' Association until leaving to get married in 1930.[5]
She married Colonel GPM Rome of Knockbay, Campbeltown, Argyllshire, becoming known as Edith MacGregor Rome.[1] She succeeded Sarah Swift as Matron-in-Chief of the British Red Cross Society[1][6] before going on to serve two terms as President of the Royal College of Nursing[7]1933–1934 and again 1937–1938.
Honours
[edit]For her service in the First World War, Rome was awarded the:
- Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (UK)[1]
- Order of Regina Maria, 1st Class (Rumania)[1]
- Order of Saint Anna (Russia).[1]
Death
[edit]Rome died on 6 June 1938. Her funeral was held at the Southampton Crematorium on 13 June and a memorial service was held in the chapel.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Obituary (8 June 1938). "Mrs. E. M. Rome". The Times (London). p. 14 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ College of Nursing Register of Members 1916-1919. College of Nursing. 1919.
- ^ Register of Nurses. London: General Nursing Council. 1931.
- ^ Royal College of Nursing Annual Report and Accounts 1938. Royal College of Nursing. 1938.
- ^ "Edith MacGregor Rome". archives.rcn.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "British Red Cross Society". The Times. 15 May 1936. p. 13. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Obituary, rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk; accessed 6 May 2016.
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