Betty Harvie Anderson

The Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
6 July 1970 – 30 October 1973
Member of Parliament
for East Renfrewshire
In office
8 October 1959 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byGuy Lloyd
Succeeded byAllan Stewart
Personal details
Born
Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson

(1913-08-12)12 August 1913
Glasgow, Scotland
Died7 November 1979(1979-11-07) (aged 66)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
John Francis Penrose Skrimshire
(m. 1960)

Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson, Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter, OBE, PC, TD, DL (12 August 1913 – 7 November 1979) was a British Conservative Party politician. She was the first woman to become a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, which she served as from 1970 to 1973.