Lady Joan Legge

Lady Joan Margaret Legge JP (21 February 1885 – 4 July 1939) was an English botanist who had a fatal accident while collecting samples in the Valley of Flowers in India.

[3] She held the office of Justice of Peace for Staffordshire.

[1] In 1939, Legge went to India to study flora in the Valley of Flowers on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[4] While traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life.

Legge's sister came in search of her and built a tomb in the Valley of Flowers.