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Alice Marie Drakoules (née Lambe; other married name Lewis; c. 1850 – 15 January 1933) was a British humanitarian, vegetarian and campaigner for animal welfare. Life [ edit ] Drakoules was born near Brussels to English parents, in about 1850.
- British
- 15 January 1933 (aged 82–83), London, England
- Alice Marie Lambe, c. 1850, Brussels, Belgium
- Animal welfare advocacy
In memory of Alice Marie Drakoules, 1850 - 1934, for forty years a devoted and generous worker in London for animal welfare, this memorial is erected by her friends, 1937. The north face is carved with images of a deer, squirrel, fox and pelican. The opposite face shows a horse, cat, dog and pigeon. The animals are all placed rather randomly ...
Campaigner for animal welfare. Alice Marie Drakoules (née Lambe) was born c.1850 near Brussels to English parents. 1876 married William Lewis, the managing director of the Union Assurance Company. In 1887 she founded a Band of Mercy in Weybridge. In 1891 she was a founding member of the Humanitarian League, becoming its treasurer. The Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society was formed in ...
The Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society's executive council included Alice Drakoules who was a lifelong campaigner for animal welfare and a keen supporter of the society. She helped the society campaign for licensed slaughterhouses, humane slaughter and for an ended to performing animals.
- 1971; 52 years ago
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- 1903; 120 years ago
Alice Drakoules. Campaigner for animal welfare. Alice Marie Drakoules (née Lambe) was born c.1850 near Brussels to English parents. 1876 married William Lewis, the managing director of the Union Assurance Company... Person, Animals, Belgium
The League’s founding figures were Henry S. Salt (writer and campaigner), Howard Williams (writer and advocate of vegetarianism), Alice Drakoules (humanitarian and campaigner), Edward Maitland (author and spiritualist), and Kenneth Romanes (translator). Writing of the League in the year of its foundation, Salt described it as ‘the very ...
Alice Marie Lewis Drakoules (née Lambe; c. 1850 – 15 January 1933) was a British humanitarian and campaigner for animal welfare. The League’s inaugural meeting was at the house of Alice Lewis. Further Reading: Hilda Kean has produced a wonderful tribute page to Alice’s contribution to the humanitarian movement.
