Lucy Hartstonge
{{Short description|Irish heiress and philanthropist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lucy Hartstonge
| birth_name = Lucy Pery
| birth_date = {{circa|1722}}
| birth_place = Limerick, Ireland
| death_date = 20 March 1793
| death_place = Limerick Ireland
| resting_place = Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland
| spouse = Sir Henry Hartstonge, 3rd Baronet
}}
Lucy Hartstonge (born Lucy Pery) was an Irish heiress and philanthropist who founded the first fever hospital in Ireland (located in the city of Limerick), in the late 18th century.{{Cite book|last=Bennis|first=Ernest|title=Reminiscences of Old Limerick|publisher=Technical Institute|year=1951}}
Family
Lucy Pery was born {{circa|1722}} into one of Limerick city's most politically influential families, the only daughter of the Rev. Stackpole Pery and Jane Twigge. Her maternal grandfather was William Twigg, Archdeacon of Limerick. She was the younger sister of Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery and William Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth.
In 1751 she married Sir Henry Hartstonge, 3rd Baronet,{{cite web |last1=Malcomson |first1=A. P. W. |title=Collection List No. 121 THE LIMERICK PAPERS |url=https://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/121_Limerick.pdf |website=National Library of Ireland |access-date=21 April 2021 |page=iii}} also MP for Limerick, after whom the Limerick streets of Henry Street and Sir Harry's Mall are named; Hartstonge Street (now divided into Upper and Lower sections) is named for them both.{{cite book |title=The History of Munster Hall (1899-today) |publisher=GBM Limerick |location=Limerick (city), Ireland |page=2}} The Hartstonges had no children, and the baronetcy died with Henry. She died on 20 March 1793 in Limerick City and interred in her husband's family vault in Bruff, County Limerick.{{Cite news|date=23 March 1793|title=Limerick|work=Limerick Chronicle}}
Projects
In 1776, she erected a new church in Bruff, County Limerick.{{Cite web|title=Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project - Bruff-Meanus-Grange Parish|url=http://limerickdioceseheritage.org/Bruff/textBruff.htm|access-date=2021-04-21|website=limerickdioceseheritage.org}}
= Hospital =
Independently wealthy,{{cite web |last1=Slater |first1=Sharon |title=I Love Limerick - The Perys |url=https://www.ilovelimerick.ie/the-pery-family/ |website=I Love Limerick (with Limerick's Life) |date=14 April 2020 |access-date=21 April 2021}} Lady Hartstonge purchased the site of the old St John's Barracks in 1780, and founded the Lock and Fever Hospital (now St. John's Hospital, Limerick), the city's first hospital, in an old guard-house, beginning with three wards opened in 1781.{{cite web |title=Did you know? Limerick facts 2 |url=https://limerickslife.com/limerick-facts-2/ |website=Limerick's Life |date=2 October 2012 |access-date=21 April 2021}}{{cite web |title=Saint John's Hospital, New Road, Pennywell, LIMERICK MUNICIPAL BOROUGH, Limerick |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21513042/saint-johns-hospital-new-road-pennywell-limerick-municipal-borough-limerick-limerick |website=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage |publisher=Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage |access-date=21 April 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Hannan |first1=Kevin |title=Two centuries of care at St John's Hospital |work=Limerick Chronicle |date=15 March 1994 |page=12}}{{Cite web|title=About Us – St. Johns Hospital|url=https://www.stjohnshospital.ie/management-and-admistration/|access-date=2021-04-21|language=en-GB}} She persuaded wealthy friends to donate to the hospital project, and her husband agreed to act as treasurer; she worked in the hospital herself until her death in 1793.
In 1988, the Limerick Civic Trust erected a plaque detailing her involvement in the foundation of the hospital.{{Cite news|date=8 October 1988|title=Limerick looks back in pride: 35 Plaques|work=Limerick Leader}}
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Category:Irish philanthropists
Category:Irish women philanthropists
Category:Health professionals from Limerick (city)
Category:18th-century philanthropists