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Lady Southey
12th Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria
In office
1 January 2001 – 7 April 2006
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorJohn Landy
Preceded byAdrienne Clarke
Succeeded byMarilyn Warren
Personal details
Born
Marigold Merlyn Baillieu Myer

(1928-05-02) 2 May 1928 (age 96)
San Francisco, California, United States
NationalityAustralian
Spouse(s)Ross Shelmerdine (1950–1979)
Sir Robert Southey (1982–1998)
Parent(s)Sidney Myer and Merlyn Myer
EducationSt Catherine's School, Toorak
University of Melbourne

Marigold Merlyn Baillieu Southey, Lady Southey AC (née Myer; born 2 May 1928) is an Australian philanthropist, who was Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.

Lady Southey was born in San Francisco into the Myer family, the youngest of four children of Sidney and Merlyn Myer (née Baillieu).[1] She was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak and the University of Melbourne.[2]

From the mid-1950s until 1999, she was director of the Myer family companies. In 1996, she succeeded her brother, Sidney, as president of the philanthropic Myer Foundation until she resigned in 2004.[2]

On 1 January 2001, Lady Southey was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria under Governor John Landy.

In 1950, she married Ross Shelmerdine,[3] who died in 1979—they had four children. In 1982, she married businessman and former Liberal Party president Sir Robert Southey, becoming Lady Southey.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Southey, Marigold Merlyn Baillieu (1928 - )". Australian Women's Register. The National Foundation for Australian Women.
  2. ^ a b "BIO – Lady Southey AM Lieutenant Governor of Victoria". Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Shelmerdine-Myer wedding pictures". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 25 January 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ Wood, Leonie (3 September 2005). "Clan plots family reunion". The Age. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria
2001–2006
Succeeded by