Margaret Colville, Viscountess Colville of Culross
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Margaret Birgitta Colville, Viscountess Colville of Culross JP
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 is the wife of John Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
John Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross QC was a British judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999....

.

She was born Margaret Birgitta Norton, the daughter of Major-General Cyril Henry Norton, and was educated at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...

 where she graduated with an LLB. She married Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson in 1956, but they divorced 1974, when she married John Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
John Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross QC was a British judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999....

. She was a practising barrister, and was a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales
Parole Board for England and Wales
The Parole Board for England and Wales was established in 1968 under the Criminal Justice Act of 1967. It became an independent executive non-departmental public body on 1 July 1996 under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. The Parole Board's role is to make risk assessments about...

 between 1976 and 1980.

Family

She married Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson in 1956. They had four children:
  • Hon. Alexandra Frances Margaret Davidson (born 1957) (Died 1995)
  • Hon. Georgiana Caroline Davidson (born 1958)
  • Hon. Camilla Birgitta Davidson (born 1963)
  • Hon. Kristina Louise Davidson (born 1963)

She married John Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
John Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross QC was a British judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999....

in 1974. They had one son:
  • Hon. Edmund Carleton Colville (born 1978)
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