Betty Harvie Anderson, Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter

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.

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Harvie Anderson, not Anderson.

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter
OBE PC TD DL
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
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(m. 1960)​
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