Louisa Twining

She was the ninth and youngest child of Richard Twining (1772–1857), and his wife Elizabeth Mary, née Smythies (1779–1866).

Twining's maternal ancestry is well documented in The Longcrofts: 500 Years of a British Family by James Phillips-Evans (Amazon UK, 2012).

[2] In 1853, she became interested in movements for social reform, and began the work in connection with the Poor Law to which she devoted the rest of her life.

She promoted the opening of Lincoln's Inn Fields to the public, helped to start the Metropolitan and National Association for nursing the poor in their homes, did much to secure the appointment of police matrons, and was president of the Women's Local Government Society.

[1] Louisa Twining died in her home at 91, Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill, London on 25 September 1912.