Christina Marshall Colville

Christina Marshall Colville
Born
Christian Downie

April 10, 1852
Copley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
DiedJanuary 7, 1936
Occupationtemperance activist
OrganizationBritish Women’s Temperance Association (Scottish Christian Union)
Spouse
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(m. 1885; died 1901)​

Christina Marshall Colville (née, Christian Downie; April 10, 1852 – January 7, 1936) was a Scottish temperance leader.[1] She served as president of the British Women's Temperance Association (BWTA) (Scottish Christian Union).

Biography

Christian Downie was born at Copley, West Riding of Yorkshire, April 10, 1852.[1] Her father was Provost Downie, J.P., of Kirkintilloch.[2]

She was educated in private schools and at Glasgow Free Normal College.[1]

On August 31, 1885, she married John Colville (1852–1901), M.P., of Motherwell, who was an active temperance worker.[1]

Colville worked in the temperance field for many years, and was prominent in various temperance societies. She served as president of the BWTA (Scottish Christian Union),[3] having been elected to that office in 1915. She was also president of the Lanarkshire Christian Union, president of the Motherwell United Evangelistic Association, a director of the Scottish Temperance League, and a member of the executive committee of the Lanarkshire branch of the Red Cross. She took an active part in evangelistic work at home and devoted a great deal of time to foreign missions.[1]

Her home was at Cleland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1] Christina Colville died January 7, 1936.[4]

Honours

In 1918, during World War I, an ambulance named in Colville's honour, the "Christian Colville", was donated by the BWTA to the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1925). Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem. Vol. 2. American Issue Publishing Company. p. 660. Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ The House of Commons, February 1901: With Biographical Notices of Its Members, Recorded Polls ... and Statistical Analysis. London: Macmillan & Company. 1901. p. 242. Retrieved 1 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Anti-saloon League of America (1920). The Anti-saloon League Year Book: An Encyclopedia of Facts and Figures Dealing with the Liquor Traffic and the Temperance Reform. Anti-saloon League of America. Retrieved 1 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Christina Marshall Downie April 1852 – 7 January 1936 • GQTB-YZV". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service". Woman's Leader. 10: 266. 1918. Retrieved 1 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.