Does anyone know the name of the girl who lived in a lighthouse & went out in a rowing boat with her dad to save a ship load of people ?
2007-03-22 23:57:27 · 10 answers · asked by talktomichaelowen 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Grace Darling in 1838.
Although the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) was started as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck by Sir William Hillary in 1824.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Darling
2007-03-23 00:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by bumblecherry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wikepedia gives:
Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) is one of England's best-loved Victorian heroines, on the strength of a celebrated maritime rescue in 1838. Grace was born in 1815 at Bamburgh in Northumberland, and spent her youth in two lighthouses of which her father was the keeper.
In the early hours of 7 September 1838, Grace, looking from an upstairs window of the Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands, spotted the ship, Forfarshire, which had run aground on the Harcar Rocks only a few hundred yards away. Knowing that the weather was too rough for the lifeboat to put out from the shore, Grace and her father took a rowing boat across to the other island and rescued nine frightened survivors, bringing them safely back to the lighthouse.
She died of tuberculosis, unmarried, in 1842. She is buried with her father and mother in a modest grave in St Aidan's churchyard, Bamburgh, where a nearby elaborate cenotaph commemorates her life. A plain stone monument to her was erected in St Cuthbert's Chapel on Great Farne Island in 1848.
Hope this helps
2007-03-23 00:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tony B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Grace Darling 188?
2007-03-26 21:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by Jim M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grace Darling.
2007-03-23 00:12:41 · answer #4 · answered by Mac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
her name was grace darling she died shortly after probably exposure or heart strain we have a plaque comemorating her in Southampton . Such a supreme effort I'm sure you will agree is not commonly found in people .But these were Victorian times when personal sacrifice was lorded , not like today Popularity means forgetting to put your knikers on and making sure there is a cmera around What a lovely name for such a brave person
2007-03-23 00:36:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joanna Hobbs
2007-03-23 00:23:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Her name was Grace Darling, a real heroine
2007-03-23 00:13:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grace Darling. Her full story is written on this site.
2007-03-23 04:34:20 · answer #8 · answered by Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lady you refer to, was GRACE DARLING! An exceptionally BRAVE Lady, indeed!
2007-03-23 22:44:37 · answer #9 · answered by Spike 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a lovely story. I hadn't realised she died so tragically young. What a selfless person she was and tremendously brave as well.
2007-03-23 01:21:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋