Margaret Jackson (secretary)

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 Southwark Councillor.[1]

For other people named Margaret Jackson, see Margaret Jackson (disambiguation).
Margaret Jackson
Member of Southwark London Borough Council
In office
? – ?
Personal details
Born15 January 1917
Died2. June 2013 (2013-06-03) (aged 96)
London
Nationality United Kingdom
Military career
RankMajor-General
AwardsMBE

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

By 1940 she was working for the Royal Institution of International Affairs, 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 quadripartite meetings.

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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