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Angela Georgina Burdett-Couttss (April 21, 1814 – December 30, 1906), 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutt, was a philanthropist who descended from the Coutts banking family. In 1837 she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited her grandfather’s fortune of around £1.8 million. In 1862 she had homes built for local workmen and their families at nearby Columbia Square and seven years later, created Columbia Market to provide cheap food. See also Baroness Road, E2.
