Laura Gwendolen Douglas Galton Gascoigne CBE DStJ (2 March 1859 – 2 July 1949), was a British nurse, writer, and singer.
[2] Laura Gwendolen Gascoigne was the daughter of Sir Douglas Strutt Galton and Marianne Nicholson.
Through her mother, Laura Gwendolen, she was the god daughter and second cousin to Florence Nightingale.
[8] During the First World War Lotherton Hall was transformed into a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital, catering to injured soldiers.
Cynthia was also in charge of the soldier's entertainment and organized card parties, concerts, and shoots on the estate.