Anne, Lady Mackenzie-Stuart (7 June 1930 — 14 October 2008) was a Scottish pro-

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activist.

Biography

Under the name Anne Millar, the daughter of a solicitor, she was born and grew up in Edinburgh. She spent part of

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as an evacuee at

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. She attended the

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, graduating in 1951 (MA, LLB). In the 1960s she earned her LLM degree at the Centre of European Governmental Studies from the University, and while there met her future husband, fellow student, Alexander "Jack" Mackenzie-Stuart, the future Baron Mackenzie-Stuart.Baron Mackenzie-Stuart profile
, royalsoced.org.uk; accessed 31 October 2014. In 1972, her husband was named as a

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judge at the European Court of Justice in

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. He would ultimately advance to the presidency of that court. The Mackenzie-Stuarts remained in Luxembourg until 1988, when they returned to

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. Mackenzie-Stuart maintained her interest in " llthings European" and became vice-chairman of the European Movement in Scotland, campaigning vigorously to convince the Scottish people of the advantages of membership in the

. She had held staunchly pro-European Movement views since she was a young woman in 1947, after viewing the devastation wrought in

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by the Blitzkrieg.

Affiliations

She was a supporter of the Europa Institute at the

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Death

On 14 October 2008 Lady Mackenzie-Stuart died in Edinburgh, aged 78, from undisclosed causes. She was survived by four daughters, three granddaughters and a grandson, as well as her brother, Fergus Millar.

References

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