Lady Gertrude Stock

Lady Gertrude Georgina Stock (née Douglas; 21 August 1842 – 25 November 1893) was a Scottish aristocrat and novelist, who also wrote under the pseudonym George Douglas. In 1891 she founded the National Canine Defence League (today known as Dogs Trust) to protect dogs from "torture and ill-usage of every kind".

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