Obituaries, Margaret MacLean, civil servant who helped establish National Museum of Scotland
My sister Margaret MacLean died due to a brain bleed after suffering from worsening scleroderma for the second half of her life. She was a senior civil servant, beginning in London in 1965 with three years in Customs and Excise, followed by two years as private secretary to Dick Taverne, Financial Secretary to the Treasury under Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins.
She enjoyed this role much more than Customs, where she was one of very few women, surrounded by men who were the products of private schools – Margaret was educated at a state school. In 1970 Margaret was transferred to the Scottish Office at her own request.
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