Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard

Lady Lugard
Lord and Lady Lugard.
Spouse of the Governor of Hong Kong
In office
29 July 1907 – 16 March 1912
GovernorSir Frederick Lugard
Preceded byEdith Blake
Succeeded byHelena May
Personal details
Born
Flora Louise Shaw

(1852-12-19)19 December 1852
Woolwich, England
Died25 January 1929(1929-01-25) (aged 76)
Surrey, England
Spouse
(m. 1902)
OccupationJournalist, novelist

Dame Flora Louise Shaw, Lady Lugard DBE (born 19 December 1852 – 25 January 1929), was a British journalist and writer.[1] She is credited with having coined the name Nigeria.[2]

  1. ^ Helly, Dorothy O.; Callaway, Helen (2004). Lugard, Dame Flora Louise, Lady Lugard (1852–1929) (May 2006 ed.). Oxford: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ Omoruyi, Omo (2002). "The origin of Nigeria: God of justice not associated with an unjust political order". ReworkNigeria.

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