Margaret Trotter
New Zealand philanthropist and community leader
About Margaret Trotter
Born 1931. Margaret Trotter is a New Zealand philanthropist and community leader.
Margaret Patricia Trotter, Lady Trotter (née Rainey; born 11 September 1931) is a retired philanthropist and community leader from New Zealand.
Biography Trotter was born on the North Shore, Auckland. Her parents had emigrated to New Zealand from Ireland in 1920. She attended Hastings High School and Woodford House. Trotter was a founding trustee and life member of the Wellington Sculpture Trust, an organisation which was established in 1983 to support innovative public art in the city.
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New Zealand philanthropist and community leader
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Margaret Trotter was born in 1931.
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