Georgina Haines

Haines was born in Mallow in County Cork, Ireland in 1868. She was one of at least five children born to Charles Haines, a gentleman farmer, and his wife Anne. By 1891, Georgina and another sister were living with one of their married brothers, who was a general practitioner and surgeon near St Pancras in London. == Career ==

Haines trained at The London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes between 1893 and 1896. In 1902, Sir Frederick Treves specifically requested that she care for King Edward VII during an emergency operation for an appendiceal abscess, which delayed his coronation. Haines became known as ‘The King’s Nurse’. She drove in the delayed coronation procession, and went on the royal yacht with the king and Queen Alexandra, patron of The London Hospital. One of her sisters, Marcella Olive, trained as a nurse in Ireland, and was registrant 601 on the General Register for nurses. == Retirement and death ==

After her retirement, Haines lived for over twenty years at 43 Littlehampton Road, in Worthing, West Sussex. Her sister Marcella lived a short walk away. Haines died in her home on 23 March 1959. Her funeral was held at The Downs Crematorium in Brighton on 26 March. == References ==