Janet Morgan, Lady Balfour of Burleigh

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Janet Patricia Morgan, Lady Balfour of Burleigh CBE, FRSE (born December 1945) is a Canadian-born English writer and historian.

The daughter of Dr. Frank Morgan and Sheila Saddler, she was born Janet Morgan in Montreal while her father was working on a top-secret British atomic research project, the Montreal Laboratory. She returned to England with her family before the end of World War II. [1] She earned a MA and PhD. She was named a Commander in the Order of the British Empire in 2008. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [2]

In 1993, she married Robert Bruce, Lord Balfour of Burleigh. [2]

She has been chair of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network, the Nuclear Liabilities Fund and the Nuclear Trust. She has served as a director of the Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust and Murray International Trust. [3]

Morgan wrote a biography of Agatha Christie that was authorised by the writer's family. She also wrote biographies of Edwina Mountbatten and George Bruce, her father-in-law and the previous Lord Balfour of Burleigh. She was editor for The Backbench Diaries of Richard Crossman . [4]

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References

  1. "Lady is 'a real person' at last". Montreal Gazette. 27 November 1999.
  2. 1 2 "Dr. Janet Morgan". The Peerage.
  3. "Janet P. Morgan". Bloomberg.
  4. "The Balloonist and the Housewife - A daring tale of espionage during the First World War". Clackmannanshire Council.