Gladys Mary Broughton Chatterjee

Gladys Mary Chatterjee, Lady Chatterjee OBE (née Broughton; 30 October 1883 – 7 May 1969) was a British teacher, schools inspector, and barrister, and the wife of Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee.

Life She was born in 1883. Her parents were Emily Angelina (born Filose) and Captain William Barnard Broughton. Her father died while she was a child and her mother remarried Lt Colonel Ernest Frederick Cambier.

She went to Bedford High School and she attended University College London where she enjoyed several scholarships as she gained a degree in philosophy. She gained a qualification to teach at Bedford College, London,

She then took a doctorate at the London School of Economics in Women and Children in Indian Industry.

She married in 1924 and as a result she became Lady Chatterjee when her husband was knighted as he became the high commissioner for India in 1925. She was able to practise as a barrister after she was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1933.