You have almost certainly never heard of Margaret Seton. Her name doesn’t appear in any history books. She now rests in a grave in her native Scotland. But if you find yourself walking among the silent sleepers of Greyfriars Kirkyard, perhaps you might look for an epitaph—now worn smooth—and thank the woman who helped to save the lives of seven women and thirteen children when disaster suddenly struck one summer’s night, February 26, 1852.
HMS Birkenhead and the Embers of Virtue
HMS Birkenhead and the Embers of Virtue
HMS Birkenhead and the Embers of Virtue
You have almost certainly never heard of Margaret Seton. Her name doesn’t appear in any history books. She now rests in a grave in her native Scotland. But if you find yourself walking among the silent sleepers of Greyfriars Kirkyard, perhaps you might look for an epitaph—now worn smooth—and thank the woman who helped to save the lives of seven women and thirteen children when disaster suddenly struck one summer’s night, February 26, 1852.