Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMuriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding
British noble
Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1908
Date of Death: 20-Nov-1993
Profession: animal rights advocate
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding
- Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding (22 March 1908 – 20 November 1993) was an English animal rights activist.
- Like her second husband Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, she was a vegetarian, an anti-vivisectionist, spiritualist and Theosophist.She was well known in Britain for her work as an animal rights campaigner.
- Dowding used her prominent social position to advance animal welfare without seeking any personal gain or reward.
- She hosted regular Sunday lunch parties introducing influential people to vegetarian food, and her house was always a sanctuary for animals in need.
- In 1959 she founded Beauty Without Cruelty (BWC) to highlight the suffering of animals.
- She won several awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).
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