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LADY FENWICK. The death occurred yesterday of Lady Renwick, widow of Sir George Fenwick, who for many years directed the activities of the “Otago Daily Times,”.says a message from Dunedin. She was born at sea 86 years ago. Her parents, Mr and Mrs George Proudfoot, left England for Victoria in the Strathfieldse and it was on this vessel that Lady Fenwick was born. She lived in Victoria 'for a considerable time and when the gold rush broke out in Otago, her brother, David Proudfoot, came to Dunedin, and later sent for his mother and sister, the father having died in the meantime. Miss Proudfoot subsequently married Sir George Fenwick, and had resided in Dunedin ever since. She is survived by a son, Dr George Fenwick, Auckland, and four daughters, Mrs Wilfred White, South Canterbury, Mrs Percival James, wife of Canon James, Halifax, England, Mrs Edgar Hazlett, Dunedin, and Miss Marian Fenwick, Dunedin,
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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153OBITUARY Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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