Lady Southey | |
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| 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria | |
| In office 1 January 2001 – 7 April 2006 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | John Landy |
| Preceded by | Adrienne Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Marilyn Warren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marigold Merlyn Baillieu Myer 2 May 1928 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Ross Shelmerdine (1950–1979) Sir Robert Southey (1982–1998) |
| Parent(s) | Sidney Myer and Merlyn Myer |
| Education |
St Catherine's School, Toorak University of Melbourne |
Marigold Merlyn Baillieu Southey, Lady Southey AC ( née Myer; born 2 May 1928) is an Australian philanthropist who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.
Lady Southey was born in San Francisco into the Myer family, the youngest of four children of Sidney and Merlyn Myer ( née Baillieu). [1] She was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak [2] and the University of Melbourne. [3]
From the mid-1950s until 1999, she was director of the Myer family companies. In 1996, she succeeded her brother, Sidney, as president of the philanthropic Myer Foundation until she resigned in 2004. [3]
On 1 January 2001, Lady Southey was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria under Governor John Landy.
In 1950, she married Ross Shelmerdine, [4] who died in 1979—they had four children. In 1982, she married businessman and former Liberal Party president Sir Robert Southey, becoming Lady Southey. [5]
References
- ^ "Southey, Marigold Merlyn Baillieu (1928 - )". Australian Women's Register. The National Foundation for Australian Women.
- ^ "Lady Southey AC - St Catherines School". St Catherines School. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ a b "BIO – Lady Southey AM Lieutenant Governor of Victoria". Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Shelmerdine-Myer wedding pictures". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 January 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 21 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Wood, Leonie (3 September 2005). "Clan plots family reunion". The Age. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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| National | |
| People | |
- 1928 births
- Living people
- Australian women philanthropists
- Australian philanthropists
- Philanthropists from Melbourne
- Companions of the Order of Australia
- University of Melbourne alumni
- Australian people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
- Lieutenant-Governors of Victoria
- 21st-century women philanthropists
- Myer family
- People educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak