Mary Hedley-Miller Explained

Dame Mary Elizabeth Hedley-Miller, DCVO, CB (Ashe; 5 September 1923 – 20 March 2010) was a British civil servant.

Born Mary Elizabeth Ashe on 5 September 1923, she was educated at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, before joining HM Treasury in 1945 as a civil servant. In 1950, she married Roger Hedley-Miller and took his name. She was promoted to under-secretary at the Treasury in 1973 and served there until she moved to the Cabinet Office in 1983 to be Ceremonial Officer. She retired in 1988.[1] She died on 20 March 2010, aged 86.

Honours

She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1989 New Year Honours,[2] having been previously appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1983.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-19731 "Hedley-Miller, Dame Mary (Elizabeth)"
  2. Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1988 (issue 51578), p. 3.
  3. Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 June 1983 (issue 49375), p. 3.