The Leonora Children's Cancer Fund was a British registered charity that was registered on 14 September 1994.[1] It was, until 11 March 2010, registered charity number 1040757, when it was removed from the register following its merger with The Edwina Mountbatten Trust, registered charity number 228166. The merged charities were renamed The Edwina Mountbatten and Leonora Children's Foundation on 20 February 2014. The Edwina Mountbatten Trust was a charity founded in memory of Leonora's great-grandmother.[2] The charity provided specially trained nurses to help look after children with childhood cancer.[3] The charity continues to fund nurses looking after children.

The Fund was established by Lord and Lady Romsey, now the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma, in memory of their daughter Leonora Louise Marie Elizabeth Knatchbull (25 June 1986 – 22 October 1991),[4] who died, aged five, from a kidney tumour at St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1991.[3][5][6] She was buried on 26 October 1991 at Romsey Abbey.

The Duke of Edinburgh attended a reception, in aid of the charity, on 3 May 1994.[7]

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  1. ↑ "The Leonora Children's Cancer Fund - Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended 5th April 2006", GuideStar UK, accessed 3 November 2008
  2. ↑ "1040757 - Leonora Children's Cancer Fund", Charity Commission, accessed 25 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Stars will shine for game fair", Daily Echo, 26 July 2006.
  4. ↑ "Queen Victoria's GGGG grandchildren". Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "Prince backs breast cancer blitz", BBC News, 8 December 1999.
  6. ↑ "Game fair targets 120,000 visitors", Sheila Coleman, The Western Mail, 11 June 2002.
  7. ↑ "Court Circular", The Independent, 4 May 1994.


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