Английская Википедия:Christina Marshall Colville

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Christina Marshall Colville (Шаблон:Nee, Christian Downie; April 10, 1852 – January 7, 1936) was a Scottish temperance leader.[1] She served as president of the British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) (Scottish Christian Union).

Biography

Christian Downie was born at Copley, West Riding of Yorkshire, April 10, 1852.[1] Her father was Provost Downie, J.P., of Kirkintilloch.[2]

She was educated in private schools and at Glasgow Free Normal College.[1]

On August 31, 1885, she married John Colville (1852–1901), M.P., of Motherwell, who was an active temperance worker.[1]

Colville worked in the temperance field for many years, and was prominent in various temperance societies. She served as president of the BWTA (Scottish Christian Union),[3] having been elected to that office in 1915. She was also president of the Lanarkshire Christian Union, president of the Motherwell United Evangelistic Association, a director of the Scottish Temperance League, and a member of the executive committee of the Lanarkshire branch of the Red Cross. She took an active part in evangelistic work at home and devoted a great deal of time to foreign missions.[1]

Her home was at Cleland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1] Christina Colville died January 7, 1936. [4]

Honours

In 1918, during World War I, an ambulance named in Colville's honour, the "Christian Colville", was donated by the BWTA to the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.[5]

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