About Margaret Herbison
Lived 1907 – 1996 (aged 89). Margaret Herbison was a British politician and teacher.
Margaret McCrorie Herbison (11 March 1907 – 29 December 1996) was a Scottish Labour politician who was Minister of Social Security from 1964 to 1967.
Early life Herbison was born on 11 March 1907 in Shotts, Lanarkshire to Maria Jane McCrorie and John Herbison, a coal miner. She was schooled at Dykehead primary school and Bellshill Academy. She attended the University of Glasgow graduating with an MA in English in 1928. While at university she chaired its Labour Party branch.
Personal life A lifelong member of the Church of Scotland, from 1970 to 1971 she became the first woman to serve as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
In 1970 the University of Glasgow awarded her an honorary degree.
In 1970 she was named 'Scotswoman of the Year'.
She died of cancer on 29 December 1996 at St Mary's Hospital, Lanark.
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British politician (1907-1996)
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Margaret Herbison was born on 11 March 1907 in Shotts.
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Margaret Herbison died on 29 December 1996 in Lanark.
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Margaret Herbison was a politician and teacher.
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