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Euphemia Johnston (born 1824) was a Lady's nurse. who attended Princess Christian, who was the daughter of Queen Victoria, at the birth of her first child in 1867.
Biography
Johnston was born Euphemia Alexander in Inveresk in 1824 to Jean Brackenridge, and James Alexander. She was the eldest of six children. She married Alexander Johnston in Edinburgh in June 1844. They had three daughters. She became a widow by 1851, and lived with her aunt and her children in Edinburgh thereafter.
Career
She met Professor James Simpson possibly whilst a pupil midwife at the Maternity hospital in Edinburgh.
References
- Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân, eds. (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4744-3628-1.