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Priscilla Reyntiens
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'''Priscilla Cecilia Maria Reyntiens, The Lady Norman'''
Order of the British Empire CBE Justice of the Peace JP,(
March 20,
1899-
1991) was a London councillor and a board member and supporter of
mental health and
nursing institutions.
Her father Major Robert Reyntiens was
Aide de Camp to
Leopold II of Belgium King Leopold II of Belgium, whilst her mother Lady Alice Josephine Bertie was the daughter of the
Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon 7th Earl of Abingdon. In
1921, Reyntiens married Colonel Alexander Koch de Gooreynd of the Irish Guards, who adopted the anglicized name of 'Worsthorne'. She had two sons with de Gooreynd, but the marriage was dissolved in
1929. In
1933 she married again to
Montagu Norman Montagu Collet Norman, governor of the
Bank of England.
As a councillor, she served on both the
London County Council and
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea Chelsea Borough Council. She was a founder member and, from
1938 to
1941, vice-chairman of the
Women’s Voluntary Services for Civil Defence. Reyntiens was board member for the
Maudsley Hospital in
Camberwell, vice-president of the
Royal College of Nursing, and honorary president of the
World Federation of Mental Health. She became a
Justice of the Peace JP in
1944.
She was made
Order of the British Empire CBE in
1963.
Her younger son,
Peregrine Worsthorne, was editor of the ''
The Sunday Telegraph Sunday Telegraph'' from
1986 to
1989.
Category:1899 births Reyntiens, Priscilla
Category:1991 deaths Reyntiens, Priscilla
Category:Members of the London County Council Reyntiens, Priscilla
Category:Councillors in Greater London Reyntiens, Priscilla
Category:Commanders of the British Empire Reyntiens, Priscilla
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