Princess Helena of the United Kingdom her family to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary, but her husband died a year later. Helena outlived him by six years, and died aged 77 at Schomberg House on 9 June 1923. Helena was born at Buckingham Palace, the official royal residence in London, on 25 May 1846, the day after her mother's 27th birthday. She was the third daughter and fifth child of the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, and her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Albert reported to his brother, Ernest II, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, that Helena "came into this world quite blue,
Alice Gregory Alice Gregory Alice Sophia Gregory (22 November 1867 – 8 November 1946) was a British midwife who founded the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies to create professional training for midwives. Gregory was born in Lambeth in 1867. Her parents were Charlotte Anne (born Stopford) and Robert Gregory. Her father was in the Church of England and in time he would be the dean of St Pauls Cathedral. She was their last of three daughters who survived them. She had half brothers from her father's first marriage. Gregory intended to ensure that all midwives were trained. She wanted to end