Angela Pearson

The Hon. Angela Pearson became Angela Murray and Angela Campbell-Preston (27 February 1910 – 1981) was a British businessperson, landowner, and conservationist. She managed her families estates and houses, hospitals and newspapers. She was a supporter of the National Trust for Scotland.

Life Pearson was born in Whitehall in Westminster in 1910. Her mother was Agnes Beryl Spencer-Churchill (1881–1948) and her father was Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray (1882–1933). Her twin brother was John Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray,

Pearson and her twin brother had three sisters and they were all raised at the family seat of Cowdray Park in West Sussex.

In 1930 she married Lieutenant-Colonel George Anthony (Tony) Murray and in 1933 she became the 23 year old chair of the South London Hospital for Women and Children. Within four years the hospital was opening a new south wing. She led the hospital during the war when an act of parliament was required to allow the hospital to treat men. The hospital was modified as underused spaces were converted into wards for casualties and new operating theatres. and moved to his home, Ardchattan Priory, by Loch Etive in Argyllshire. Their daughter, Sarah, was born in 1951. She moved her focus from hospitals to the huge family business which included publishing. She joined the board of the Pearson company in 1953 and she was appointed chair of their Westminster Press which owned a number of British regional newspaper titles. She supported each of them in delivering local news to various cities like Oxford and Brighton and the readers of the Northern Echo.

Death and legacy Pearson died in Ardchattan and Muckairn in 1981 survived by her husband.