Ethel Pearson

Ethel Maud, Lady Pearson, DBE (née Fraser; 3 November 1870[1] – 10 April 1959) was a British humanitarian who was active in charities to aid the blind.

[2] She was born in Hampstead, London,[3] the daughter of William John Fraser of Herne Bay, Kent,[4] an engineer, and his wife Jane.

[5] On 3 June 1897, she married, as his second wife, the publisher Arthur Pearson, who was created a baronet in 1916.

For these services, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 Birthday Honours.

[2] Lady Pearson died on 10 April 1959, aged 88, at her home at 17 Eresby House, Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge, London.