The Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter | |
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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 by | Guy Lloyd |
Succeeded by | Allan Stewart |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson 12 August 1913 Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | 7 November 1979 | (aged 66)
Political party | Conservative |
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.