Janet Whyte was one of the first hundred women to graduate in Law from the University of Glasgow. Born in Glasgow on 20th October 1927she was the daughter of a chartered accountant, Archibald Murray. The family home was at 3 Striven Gardens in the West End. Educated at Belmont Crescent School and Laurelbank School she matriculated in 1944 to begin studying in the Arts Faculty, graduating M.A. in 1947 with an intention to become a lawyer. She graduated LL.B.in 1950 and, having also served an apprenticeship and otherwise met the requirement for professional registration, she was admitted as a solicitor. She established herself in a legal career and after a period at McClure, Naismith & Brodie in St. Vincent Street she joined Buchanan and McIlwraith. Like fellow graduate Mary Elizabeth Rankin she became a partner in the firm which had premises at 166 Buchanan Street. In 1971 she married Ronald Walter Mayger. She died in Northern Ireland on 12th March 2013, aged 84.
Sources
University of Glasgow Registry and General Council Records
Scotlands People
Law Lists
CoSS Petitions List CS46/1950/6/81
