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Flora Shaw

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Birth date	1852
Place of birth	Woolwich, England
Date of death
Death place	Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Other names	Lady Lugard
Occupation	Journalist, novelist
Known for	Naming of Nigeria
Spouse	Sir Frederick Lugard

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Dame Flora Louisa Shaw, Lady Lugard, DBE (born 1852, Woolwich, England, UK - died 25 January 1929, Surrey, England, UK), the daughter of an English father, Captain (later Major General) George Shaw and a French mother, Marie Desfontaines, was a British journalist and writer.

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