Maud Cattell

Maud Cattell (23 April 1857 – 25 June 1947) was a British nurse who ran the Mildmay Mission Hospital in London. She was assisted by her sister Clara Cattell.

Life Cattell was born in Sheldon, West Midlands in 1857. Her parents were Fanny Mary (born Pate) and John Cattell and she was the second of their ten children. One of her sisters Emma Maria was disabled after an accident with a donkey and looking after her was one of the ways that she gained an interest and learnt about nursing. Maud's early education is thought to be by governesses. Another sister Clara Jane Cattell was three years younger than her and she would train in Liverpool and Switzerland before becoming a deaconess at Mildmay Mission.

The Mildmay Mission Hospital had been opened by Catherine Pennefather in 1877. It was based at Central Hall, close to the Royal London Hospital. Cattell joined the mission in 1886 and was trained by Pennefather. She returned to her father and her sisters in Sheldon and she lived with Clara, Emma and Hannah May (Kemp). It was Hannah May who nursed her.