[1] The first SPB annual report in 1891 records Poland as having “previously shewn [sic] an active interest in the work."
[2] Newspapers reporting on the first year of the SPB in 1891 state that “Hannah Poland of Warwick Rd Maida Vale is secretary, is doing some very useful work”.
Her obituary continues: "Records of the early work of the Bird Protection Society show what a devoted and untiring secretary Miss Poland proved herself to be.
It was at her solicitation that Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, became President of the Society in 1891, and it is noteworthy that the membership role increased very considerably during the two years of her secretaryship.
"[4] Having married Isidor Lemel in 1906, Hannah died at home at 17 Hallswelle Road in north London on 16 February 1942 leaving a few personal items to family and friends, including a presentation copy of Birds and Man by William Henry Hudson to her sister Esther, and everything else to her only child, Sidney Lemel, except for a framed black and white drawing of an original membership card which she left to the RSPB.