Dame Mary Guillan Smieton
(1902-2005), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of EducationSitter in 1 portrait
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 1957
NPG x166897
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Elizabeth Deacon
11 November 2019, 16:59
Same Mary was my cousin and one of the most fascinating people I have ever known. Her well of knowledge was outstanding and she had many stories of the fascinating people she met in her long life. An early role model for women and what they could achieve through dogged determination and hard work.