| 词条 | Marion Greeves |
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| name = Marion Greeves | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Marion Janet Cadbury | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1894|07|18}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1979|07|07|1894|07|18}} | death_place = | nationality = British | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland | notable_works = }}Marion Janet Greeves, MBE (née Cadbury; 18 July 1894 – 7 July 1979)[1] was the first one of only two female members of the Senate of Northern Ireland, having been elected to serve as an independent member on 20 June 1950, retiring on 10 June 1969.[2][3] Greeves, who was born in England, was the daughter of George Cadbury, a Quaker philanthropist, and his second wife, Elizabeth Mary Taylor.[4] She married linen 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. The couple had five children; two daughters and three sons. She lived a relatively normal life at Ardeevin House, Portadown, County Armagh.[5] A Girl Guides centre is named in her honour, she was President of the organisation in Ulster. In 1948, Marion Greeves was awarded the MBE. She died in 1979, less than two weeks before her 85th birthday.[6] References1. ^Cadbury Family Tree {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211132331/http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/jonescadbury/page2.html |date=11 December 2007 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Greeves, Marion}}{{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub}}2. ^Profile, The National Archives of Ireland; accessed 22 November 2015. 3. ^Northern Ireland Elections, ark.ac.uk; accessed 22 November 2015. 4. ^Dame Elizabeth Mary Cadbury profile, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; accessed 22 November 2015. 5. ^The National Archives of Ireland; accessed 22 November 2015. 6. ^Profile, GirlguidingUlster.org; accessed 22 November 2015. 18 : 1895 births|1979 deaths|Quakers from Northern Ireland|English Quakers|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1949–53|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1953–57|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1957–61|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1961–65|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1965–69|Girlguiding UK|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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