Marion Janet Greeves,
MBE Mbe may refer to:
* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
* ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language
Molal ...
(née Cadbury; 18 July 1894 – 7 July 1979) was the first one of only two female members of the
Senate of Northern Ireland
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Powers
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, having been elected to serve as an independent member on 20 June 1950, retiring on 10 June 1969.
Greeves, who was born in England, was the daughter of
George Cadbury
George Cadbury (19 September 1839 – 24 October 1922) was the third son of John Cadbury, a Quaker who founded Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company in Britain. He was the husband of Dame Elizabeth Cadbury.
Background
He worked at the schoo ...
, a
Quaker
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philanthropist, and his second wife,
Elizabeth Mary Taylor. She married
linen
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Linen is very strong, absorbent, and dries faster than cotton. Because of these properties, linen is comfortable to wear in hot weather and is valued for use in garments. It also ...
manufacturer William Edward Greeves (1890–1960),
Deputy Lieutenant and
High Sheriff of County Armagh, who was also a Quaker, on 14 February 1918, in
Bournville
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. The couple had five children; two daughters and three sons. She lived a relatively normal life at Ardeevin House,
Portadown
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,
County Armagh
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. A
Girl Guides
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centre is named in her honour, she was President of the organisation in Ulster. In 1948, Marion Greeves was awarded the
MBE Mbe may refer to:
* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
* ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language
Molal ...
. She died on 7 July 1979, less than two weeks before her 85th birthday.
Profile
GirlguidingUlster.org; accessed 22 November 2015.
References
1895 births
1979 deaths
Quakers from Northern Ireland
English Quakers
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1949–1953
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1953–1957
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1957–1961
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1961–1965
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1965–1969
Girlguiding
Cadbury
Scouting pioneers
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Linen industry in Ireland
Women members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
People from Portadown
Independent members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
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