Margaret Maria Verney (n̩e Hay-Williams or Williams-Hay) (3 December 1844 Р7 October 1930),
was an English-born Welsh educationist.
Verney was the daughter of
Lady Sarah Elizabeth Amherst and her husband
John Hay-Williams, 2nd Baronet Williams of
Bodelwyddan
Bodelwyddan () is a village, electoral ward and community in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Rhyl. The parish includes several smaller hamlets such as Marli and Little Pengwern.
Bodelwyddan is home to over si ...
. On the death of her father in 1859, she inherited his house "Rhianfa", on Anglesey, which she retained as a family home.
In 1868 she married Sir
Edmund Hope Verney, MP,
then merely Captain Verney.
She became a leading campaigner for girls' education in the UK.
In 1894 she became a member of the Statutory Council of the
University of Wales
The University of Wales () is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff – the university was the first universit ...
, holding the position until 1922. In 1904 she produced an edition of the ''Memoirs of the Verney Family during the Seventeenth Century''. She also contributed to the ''
Dictionary of National Biography
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''.
Sources
*R. F. Verney et al. – ''In Memory of Margaret Maria Lady Verney'' (1930)
Further reading
*''
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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'', Verney
ée Hay Williams Margaret Maria, Lady Verney (1844–1930), historian and promoter of higher education in Wales, by H. E. D. Blakiston, rev. H. J. Spencer
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verney, Margaret
1844 births
1930 deaths
Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...
English educational theorists
Daughters of baronets
Wives of baronets