Nina Lowry
Nina Lowry | |
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Born | Noreen Margaret Collins 6 September 1925 |
Died | 30 March 2017 | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Birmingham University |
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Noreen Margaret Lowry (née Collins, 6 September 1925 – 30 March 2017) was a British barrister and judge at the Old Bailey, where she was the first permanent female judge.[1][2]
Early life
Noreen Margaret Collins was born on 6 September 1925 at 82 Adelaide Road in Hampstead, London.[3] Noreen was the eldest daughter of John Edmund Collins (1895–1971), a paint salesman, and Hilda Grace (née Gregory) (1901–1984).[3]
Collins was educated at Bedford High School, a private school for girls aged 7 to 18 in Bedford, England.[3] Collins was awarded a place at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, but wartime regulations prevented her from taking up the offer.[3] Collins instead read law at the University of Birmingham.[3]
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Personal life
Collins married Edward Lucas Gardner (1912–2001), a barrister and recorder, in 1950.[3] They had a son and also a daughter,[3] the writer Sally Gardner.[4] Noreen's marriage to Gardner was dissolved in 1962.[3] Noreen married Richard John Lowry (1924–2001), a barrister, on 24 April 1963.[3]
References
- ^ Morton, James (23 April 2017). "Nina Lowry obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Nina Lowry". The Times. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Morton, James (14 January 2021). "Lowry [née Collins; first married name Gardner], Noreen Margaret [Nina]". Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380294. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Blog Tour: Tinder by Sally Gardner Retrieved 11/9/21.
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