Person PX11143 Lemon; Margaretta 'Etta' Louisa (1860-1953); Mrs; MBE Lemon Margaretta 'Etta' Louisa 1860-1953 MBE Female Etta Lemon PX11143 Margaretta (Etta) Louisa Lemon MBE of Reigate was a co-founder of the all-female organisation that later became the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Renowned for her public speaking, she lobbied for legislation to protect wild birds against the fashion for wearing feathered hats which she claimed was ‘murderous millinery’. She was a member of the Reigate Board of Guardians and the Board of Managers for Earlswood Asylum but a staunch anti suffragist, heading a branch of the East Surrey Anti-Suffrage League.

'Hillcrest', Redhill, Surrey

Campaigner for Anti-Plumage League; RSPB; end of importation of plumage for use in millinery Married Frank Lemon, 1892 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 NHM\kathr4 01/03/2021 NHM\kathr4 01/03/2021 0e37f4fc-a613-412a-9f16-6d7e4b26eef3