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Almina Wombwell, 5th Countess of Carnarvon : A Slave To Duty

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                Almina Wombwell, 5th  Countess of  Carnarvon                                                A Slave To Duty Almina Wombwell, later Herbert, 5th Countess of Carnarvon Almina,  Lady Carnarvon,  was a slave to duty. She demonstrated this most admirably as a nurse in the Great War running two military hospitals for wounded soldiers/officers  at  Highclere Castle and  48,   Bryanston Square, London . Almina glowed like a beacon of light when   she later turned down an honour from King George V   for this   heroic work,   saying   she considered   she was only doing her duty!     George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon of Highclere Castle & Tutankhamun Almina   saw it   as   duty too (but not for love) when she ...