Margaret Jackson (secretary)

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Margaret Jackson
Member of Southwark London Borough Council
Personal details
Born15 January 1917
Died2. June 2013 (2013-06-03) (aged 96)
London
NationalityBritish
Military career
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsMBE

Margaret Wallace Jackson MBE (15 January 1917 – 2 June 2013) was principal secretary to the Director General of the SOE, member of the OEEC, and .[1]

Jackson was home-educated by a governess until she was thirteen. She then attended a Methodist school.

By 1940 she was working for the , from here she moved to the military until SOE was formed in November 1940, where she worked for Colin Gubbins until it was disbanded in 1946.

Jackson then joined the Allied Commission for Austria, and was present, taking notes, and the .

In 1952 she joined the Foreign Office as an information officer and was poster to Melbourne.

After her return to England she was Conservative councillor for the London Borough of Southwark for eight years.

Family and personal life[]

Jackson, who was unmarried, was born to Scottish parents, and brought up in Argentina, until 1934.

References[]

  1. ^ "Margaret Jackson - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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