Winifred Sturt, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst
Winifred Selina Sturt, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst, CI was an English woman
Legacy
She had an instrumental role in starting the Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi - first medical school exclusively for women in India. Initially to be named Queen Mary's College and Hospital, after Lady Hardinge's death in 1914 it was named after her to honour her contribution.Family
Winifred Selina "Bena" Sturt was the second daughter of Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington, of Crichel, Dorset, and his first wife Lady Augusta Bingham, the first daughter of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan.
Henry Gerard Sturt was a racing magnate and close friend of Edward, prince of Wales. The Sturt family opposed Winifred's engagement to Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst on account of Winifred and Charles' consanguinity, as well as Hardinge's relative indigence, but the couple married on 17 April 1890.
