Lady Lorna Bessie Fairbairn (1888–1948)
Lady Fairbairn, widow of Sir George Fairbairn, died early yesterday at her home in Como Av, South Yarra, aged 68.
Nearly all her life she worked for charity, while in her younger days she was one of the best-known sportswomen in Melbourne.
She hunted with the Melbourne Hounds, and was the first woman to gain the club colours of the St Moritz Tobogganing Club.
During the First World War she drove a British Red Cross ambulance.
There will be a service at Sleight's funeral chapel at 10.45am tomorrow, after which the funeral will leave for Springvale Crematorium.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- probate, Argus (Melbourne), 20 August 1948, p 5
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Fairbairn, Lady Lorna Bessie
- Fairbairn, George (husband)
- Robertson, George Pringle (father)
- Fairbairn, George (father-in-law)
- Fairbairn, Jessie Kate (sister-in-law)
- Fairbairn, Elizabeth (sister-in-law)
- Fairbairn, Charles (brother-in-law)
- Fairbairn, Stephen (brother-in-law)
- Fairbairn, Frederick William (brother-in-law)
- Dowling, Christina Walker (aunt)
- Robertson, William (uncle)
- Robertson, James (uncle)
- Robertson, Margaret Stuart (aunt by marriage)
- Dowling, Charles Cholmeley (uncle by marriage)
- Robertson, William (grandfather)
- Fairbairn, George Eric (nephew by marriage)
- Fairbairn, James Valentine (nephew by marriage)
- Fairbairn, George Patrick (nephew by marriage)
- Robertson, James Ernest (cousin)
Citation details
'Fairbairn, Lady Lorna Bessie (1888–1948)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fairbairn-lady-lorna-bessie-1081/text1077, accessed 12 March 2025.