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Enid, Lady Burnham

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Died
  
1979

Enid, Lady Burnham CBE (1894–1979) served as the Girl Guide Chief Commissioner for England.

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She was born Marie Enid Robson, only daughter of Hugh Scott Robson. On 28 January 1920 she married Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham. They had two sons and a daughter.

Honours

She was a recipient of the Silver Fish Award, the highest adult award in Girlguiding, awarded for outstanding service to Girlguiding combined with service to world Guiding.

Lady Burnham was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1957.

Family

Lord and Lady Burnham had three children:

  • William Edward Harley Lawson, 5th Baron Burnham, born 1920, died 1993.
  • Hon Lucia Edith Lawson, born 1922, married Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton, divorced 1953.
  • Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham, born 1931, died 2005.

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