Grace Darling

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Gender	Female
Death	181 years ago
Date of birth	November 24,1815
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Born	Bamburgh
	United Kingdom
Date of died	October 20,1842
Died	Bamburgh
	United Kingdom
Buried	St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, United Kingdom
Siblings	William Brooks Darling
	Job Horsley Darling
	William Darling
	George Alexander Darling
Parents	Thomasin Darling
	William Darling
Job	Lighthouse keeper
Place of burial	St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, United Kingdom
Date of Reg.	2019-11-05 21:16:25
Date of Upd.	2023-07-09 11:51:16
ID	1599374

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Grace Darling Life story

Grace Horsley Darling was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame.

Forgotten cache of RNLI pictures 'preserved for posterity'

Feb 16,2020 8:22 am

... 1824 - Sir William Hillary s idea of a service dedicated to saving lives at sea begins1838 - Grace Darling became a national heroine 1880 - The Zetland, built in 1802, was retired...