Anna Baillie
Anna Beatrix Baillie RRC | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1864 |
| Died | 21 August 1958 |
| Occupation | Nursing Leader |
Anna Beatrix Ballie R.R.C.[1] (1864–1958), was an inspiring manager who established the first provincial Preliminary Training School for Nurses,[2] and served as a Principal military Matron of Bristol during the First World War.[3][4] She was one of the first supporters and promoters of the College of Nursing (later the Royal College of Nursing).
Early life
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Baillie was born in the Plomsegate registration district in Suffolk in 1864.[5] She was the eldest of at least ten children born to her father William and mother Anna.[6] From 1871, Anna's father ran a drapery business in Harleston, Suffolk.[7] Anna was working as an assistant in the family business by the time she was 16 years old.[8]
Early career
[edit]Later in the 1880s Baillie worked at Gloucester Infirmary for 22 months.[9] In 1888 she became a paying probationer for three months at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes.[4][9] From September 1890 she became a full time probationer at The London for two years.[9] She was promoted rapidly and in November 1892, just two months after she had successfully completed her nurse training, Baillie was appointed as a ward sister.[10]
Matronships
[edit]Baillie was appointed as Matron of The Hospital of St Cross, Rugby, Warwickshire in 1896.[11][12] After two years as matron in Rugby, Baillie was appointed as matron of the Bristol Royal Infirmary, Gloucestershire in 1898.[13] She remained there for 25 years until October 1923.[14][15] Whilst she was matron she oversaw the building of a new nurses home and updated the nurses training.[16] In 1908 she was the first matron of a provincial hospital to introduce a Preliminary Training School for Nurses in England.[2] After her retirement from Bristol Royal Infirmary Baillie became matron of St. Monica’s Home of Rest at Westbury-on-Trym, near Bristol.[17]
Military service
[edit]As part of the preparedness in the event of a large scale military conflict, Baillie was appointed in 1909 as organising matron of the local General Territorial Hospitals.[18] Baillie was Principal Matron Territorial Force Nursing Service 2nd Southern General Hospital (BRI and Southmead Hospitals), for the duration of the First World War, 1914–1919.[19]
Professional activity
[edit]Baillie became one of the first supporters and promoters of the College of Nursing (now RCN). [20][21]
Honours
[edit]In 1916 Baillie, and Agnes Watt, a fellow Londoner and matron of the Radcliffe Infirmary received the Royal Red Cross at Buckingham Palace.[1]
Retirement
[edit]Baillie died twenty years after she retired on 21 August 1958 in St. Monica’s Home of Rest at Westbury-on-Trym, where she had previously been matron.[22]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Anonymous, 'Honours for Nurses (continued)'". The Nursing Times. 12: 90. 27 January 1916.
- ^ a b Munro Smith, G. (1917). A History of the Bristol Royal Infirmary (. J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd. p. 414.
- ^ "'A Great Western Training School'". The Nursing Times. 3 (105): 385–387. 4 May 1907.
- ^ a b Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons’? A study of Eva Lückes’s influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- ^ Baillie, Anna Beatrix, ONS Births April, May, June Qtr 1864.
- ^ See Census 1871, 1881, 1891, Redenhall with Harleston, South Norfolk
- ^ William R. Baille, RG10 1833, 30, The General Record Office, The England and Wales Census 1871 for Redenhall with Harleston, South Norfolk; The National Archives, Kew.
- ^ Anna B. Baillie, RG11/1965, 91, The General Record Office, The England and Wales Census 1881 for Redenhall with Harleston, South Norfolk; The National Archives, Kew.
- ^ a b c Anna Beatrix Baillie, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/3, 188; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ Anna Beatrix Baillie, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 132; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ Anna Beatrix Baillie, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 132; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.
- ^ "Appointment". ‘ The Nursing Record and Hospital World. 17: 29. 11 July 1896.
- ^ "Appointments". The Hospital. 23 (595): 187. 19 Feb 1898.
- ^ "Bristol Royal Infirmary Nurses' Garden Party'". Western Daily Press, Bristol: 3. 22 July 1921 – via www.findmypast.co.uk.
- ^ "A Distinguished Matron". Western Daily Press, Bristol: 5. 9 August 1923.
- ^ "Bristol Royal Infirmary: The Training of Nurses". Western Daily Press, Bristol: 5. 31 May 1909 – via www.findmypast.co.uk.
- ^ "Yoxford Village Website". 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "The Glo'stershire Territorial Forces: Enrolment of Nurses". Gloucester Journal: 10. 3 July 1909 – via www.findmypast.co.uk.
- ^ "Nursing and the War". The British Journal of Nursing. 56: 89. 29 January 1916 – via www.rcn.org.uk.
- ^ Anna Beatrix Baillie, Register of Nurses, 1916–1923, 22; The College of Nursing; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 [Available via www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 17 March 2021]
- ^ Letter from A. Mcintosh and A.B. Baillie, ‘The College of Nursing and State Registration’, 20 November 1916; RCN4/1918/1/9; The Royal College of Nursing Archives, Edinburgh.
- ^ Baillie; Anna Beatrix, Probate Record,8 October 1958, available via ancestry.co.uk accessed on 1 January 2025