Born in Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Ranken Lyle F.R.S.
and Frances Isobel Clare (Millear) Lyle
Wife of
Edmund Francis Herring KCMG KBE
— married
6 Apr 1922 in Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)], [private daughter (1920s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 86
in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Nov 2016
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Biography
Dame Dr Mary Ranken Lyle DBE, CStJ was born on 31st March 1895 at Carlton, Victoria, Australia. She was a daughter of Thomas Lyle and Frances Millear.
She married barrister, Major (later Lieutenant General Sir) Edmund Herring DSO MC, on 6th April 1922 in the Presbyterian Church, Toorak, Victoria.[1] Daughters are Mary, Judith, and Margaret.
Whilst Mary's husband continued onto greater and distinguished things, she herself continued to develop her interest in women's health. Mary would eventually be appointed Commander of the Order of St John in 1953 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1960.[2]
She passed away on 26th October 1981 at Camberwell, Victoria; just ten weeks before her equally distinguished husband. The Mary Herring Hall and scholarship at Toorak College commemorate her service.
Sources
- Crockett, Cheryl. Herring, Dame Mary Ranken (1895–1981), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 5 May 2018.
- Source: tedmarr~Jane Ranken.ged; Title: Ted Marr's Marr KillenYoung Gray Wilson Turner Stewart Family History; focus group--Jane Ranken; Author: Ted Marr; Publication: tedmarr@hk.net; Date: 28 Mar 2007
- Source:Nicholas Family Tree; Author: Hanna /Nicholas/; Publication: Rootsweb (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hnicholas1), 2 JAN 2007
- Source: http://www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/Trees/Mayoghill/ftdisp.htm?f.380.10.10.1111.70
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Herring
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