Margaret Shier was one of the first hundred women to graduate in Law from the University of Glasgow. She was a daughter of the manse, born in Makerstoun, Roxburghshire on 28th February 1910. Her father, George, was a minister. By the time Margaret was studying, first for an M.A. (1932) and then an LL.B. (1938) her family home was at the Manse of Glenbuchat, Aberdeenshire and she lodged in Glasgow in Great George Street. Her success as an Arts student earned her the Andrew and Bethia Stewart post graduate bursary in Law. When she began studying in the Law Faculty in 1934 she brought a pass in Civil Law from Arts but it seems the standard of a pass for Arts was lower than for Law and required to be improved upon. She struggled with exams in Law in general, passing only one subject, Public International Law, first time. She graduated LL.B. in 1938. Though she probably completed an apprenticeship, she did not go down the path of a career in law but instead became a teacher. In 1965 she was appointed M.B.E. for services to education in recognition of her work as the headmistress of Bauchi Provincial Girls’ School in Northern Nigeria. She died, aged 93, on 13th November at 2003 and is buried at Eyemouth.
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University of Glasgow Registry and General Council Records
Scotlands People
1965 New Year Honours Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org>wiki
