Elizabeth Crichton
1779–1862
Scottish philanthropist. A daughter of Robert Grierson, fifth baronet of Lag and Rockhall. Married James Crichton (1765–1823), a distinguished physician, in 1810. Used the money left in her husband’s will for charitable purposes to found the Crichton Institution, a mental hospital in Dumfries. Godmother of James Crichton-Browne, the son of William Alexander Francis Browne, first medical superintendent of the institution.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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