Lillian Meighen Wright
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Lillian Meighen was a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...

 and the daughter of Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...

 and Isabel Meighen
Isabel Meighen
Isabel Meighen, née Jessie Isabel Cox was the wife of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada.She was born in Granby, Quebec...

. She was married to Don Wright
Don Wright (composer)
Donald John Alexander Wright was a Canadian composer, musician and educator.He was born in Strathroy, Ontario, where his father owned a piano manufacturing company. He began studying cello and trumpet in childhood, and later formed the Wright Brothers Orchestra with his brothers Clark, Ernest and...

, a music teacher and composer whom she met while attending a concert at which Don was performing. Her brothers were Theodore Meighen
Theodore Meighen
Theodore Roosevelt Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Cox.-Education:...

 and Maxwell Meighen
Maxwell Meighen
Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen was a Canadian financier, and the son of late Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen....

.

Following Lillian's death, Don Wright endowed the Don and Lillian Meighen Wright Maternity Centre at Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

's St. Michael's Hospital in her memory.
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