Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch

Mary Elizabeth Henderson Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, Baroness Stewart of Fulham, (; 8 May 1903 – 28 December 1984) was a British politician and educator. She was a baroness in her own right and the wife of Labour Foreign Secretary, Michael Stewart.

Early life and education The daughter of commercial traveller Herbert Birkinshaw and Isabella née Garbutt, Mary was born in Bradford. The family moved when she was four and she was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls (KEHS) Birmingham, and Bedford College, University of London, graduating with a BA in Philosophy in 1928. She taught psychology and sociology to Workers' Educational Association students.

House of Lords Stewart was created a life peer as Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, of Fulham in Greater London, on 15 January 1975. She was introduced to the House of Lords on 28 January 1975. She made her maiden speech on 26 March 1975 during a debate on direct grant grammar schools.

Personal life She married an advertising clerk named Robert Godfrey Goodyear in 1931 and they were divorced in 1941. She then married Michael Stewart two months later on 26 July 1941.