Grace Darling

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Grace Darling was a 19th-century English lighthouse keeper’s daughter famed for her heroic 1838 sea rescue off the Northumberland coast, which made her a national heroine.

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instanceOf English heroine
person
awardReceived Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver medal for gallantry NERFINISHED
burialPlace St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
commemoratedBy Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh NERFINISHED
annual memorial services in Bamburgh
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1815-11-24
dateOfDeath 1842-10-20
dateOfEvent 1838-09-07
era Victorian era
ethnicGroup English
familyName Darling NERFINISHED
father William Darling NERFINISHED
givenName Grace NERFINISHED
hasLegacy icon of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
symbol of Victorian female heroism
hasMonument Grace Darling Monument, St Aidan's Churchyard, Bamburgh NERFINISHED
hasStatue Grace Darling statue in St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh
Grace Darling statue in St Cuthbert's Chapel, Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
inspiredWork ballads and poems about the Forfarshire rescue
biographical books about her life
knownFor heroic sea rescue of survivors from the Forfarshire shipwreck
mediaCoverage extensive coverage in British newspapers after the 1838 rescue
mother Thomasin Darling NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableEvent rescue of Forfarshire survivors
notableRelative William Darling (lighthouse keeper of Longstone Lighthouse) NERFINISHED
notableWork participation in the 1838 Forfarshire rescue
numberOfPeopleRescued 9
occupation lighthouse keeper's daughter
partnerInRescue William Darling NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Bamburgh, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bamburgh, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED
placeOfEvent off the Northumberland coast near the Farne Islands
religion Christianity
residence Brownsman Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland NERFINISHED
Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands, Northumberland NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
sibling George Darling NERFINISHED
Isabella Darling NERFINISHED
Janet Darling NERFINISHED
Robert Darling NERFINISHED
Thomas Darling NERFINISHED
Thomasin Darling (younger) NERFINISHED
William Brooks Darling NERFINISHED
victimRescuedFrom SS Forfarshire NERFINISHED

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