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Sutherland, Janet Harley nee Murray, OBE, Lady Avonside, 1917-2008 (Cert. Social Study, Edinburgh University)

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Biography

Cert. Social Study 1939. Born Paisley, Scotland, 1917. She lectured in the Social Study department at Edinburgh University throughout the 1960s and served as a governor of Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh from 1986 to 1989. In may 1971 she was appointed the BBC's National Governor for Scotland and Chairman of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland. Died North Berwick, aged 90 years.

Sources: Student admission file, EUA; Edinburgh University calendar; Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed September 2020.

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M29 Murray, Janet Harley Sutherland, 1938-1939

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/606