{"id":243,"date":"2019-12-04T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2020-02-27T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:51:22","slug":"elizabeth-horatia-theophilia-lathbury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/biographies\/elizabeth-horatia-theophilia-lathbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Horatia Theophilia Lathbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box  gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last gradient-column-1 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-widget-area fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-widget-area-1 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget h4 {color:#333333;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333333;}<\/style><div id=\"alg_back_button_wp_widget-2\" class=\"widget alg_back_button_wp_widget\"><a href=\"javascript:history.back()\" class=\"alg_back_button_simple \" style=\"\"><< Return to previous section<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box  gradient-container-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last gradient-column-2 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><div id=\"attachment_401\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-401 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1050636-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss Lathbury left a donation in her Will to St John\u2019s, which was employed to establish \u00a0The Lathbury Institute. It opened in 1896, and although ultimately converted into private dwellings, her name lives on in the name of the property, Lathbury Court.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Horatia Theophilia Lathbury (1817-93)<\/strong> was descended from an ancient Leicestershire family, the de Lathburys. She was the fourth of five daughters of the Revd Peter Lathbury LL.B (1761-1820) and his wife, Mary Anne Lathbury, n\u00e9e Mills (1780-1851). Mary had some success as an amateur painter while Peter was a noted botanist and naturalist, and sometime Rector of Great and Little Livermere. Elizabeth herself had a fine collection of local plants, made between the years 1832-59, which was frequently referred to in Dr Hind\u2019s Suffolk Flora, considered the authoritative work for several decades. Her brother, the Revd Nathaniel Peter Edward Lathbury (1820-55), also made botanical records acknowledged by Hind. Elizabeth and her sisters were well-known for their musical abilities, often singing together at local events.<\/p>\n<p>A resident of Angel Hill \u2013 she lived at no.6 with her sister Mary \u2013 Miss Lathbury was a generous benefactor in the town. She did not generally make her donations public, but one of the institutions which benefitted greatly from her philanthropy was Suffolk General Hospital. She was an active supporter of St James\u2019s Church, to which she left \u00a3500 in her Will. The bequest of a similar amount to St John\u2019s was employed to establish the Institute which bore her name, although she may not have had any direct connection with this church itself during her lifetime. The Lathbury Institute was opened in 1896, and although it was sold at the end of the following century and converted into private dwellings, her name lives on in the name of the property, Lathbury Court.<\/p>\n<p>As well as making generous charitable donations, Miss Lathbury was also what we would now call a \u2018social entrepreneur\u2019. With her sisters she formed a Needlework Society, which assisted women of slender means by giving them work in their own homes. 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