Mary Drummond Corsar
The Honorable Dame Mary Drummond Corsar DBE | |
|---|---|
 Mary Drummond Corsar (centre) | |
| Chairwoman of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Drummond Buchanan-Smith 8 July 1927 Midlothian, Scotland |
| Died | 6 August 2020 (aged 93)[1] |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Corsar
(m. 1953; death 2012) |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University |
Dame Mary Drummond Corsar, DBE (née Buchanan-Smith; 8 July 1927 – 12 August 2020),[2] was a Scottish activist and philanthropist. She was chairperson of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service from 1988 to 1993 and noted for modernising the organisation. She is also noted for the role she played in coordinating the emergency response to the Lockerbie bombing.[1] Corsar was appointed DBE in 1993.[3]
She was born 8 July, 1927, as Mary Drummond Buchanan-Smith, daughter of the Life-Peer Lord Balerno,[4] soldier and geneticist, who was Deputy Chairman of the Unionist Party in Scotland 1960-63. Her mother was the former Mary Kathleen Smith. She died in 1947. The Scottish Conservative politician, Alick Buchanan-Smith, was her brother.[3]
She married 25 April, 1953, Colonel Charles Herbert Kenneth Corsar, LVO, OBE, TD (1926-2012), Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the District of Midlothian 1993-97, by whom she had issue, two sons and three daughters. She lived at Burg, Torloisk, Ulva Ferry, Isle of Mull, Scotland.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Dame Mary Corsar obituary". The Times. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ "Corsar, Hon. Dame Mary (Drummond)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U11955. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ a b c "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- 1927 births
- 2020 deaths
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Daughters of life peers