|
Dame Norma Christina Elizabeth Major, Lady Major, 〔Note: a wife of a knight who is also appointed a dame, may choose between her own style, Dame (names ) (), or the style of a wife of a knight, Lady (). See Debrett's Online – Forms of Addresses: (Address a Dame ). Norma prefers to use the style ''Dame Norma Major'' as she acquired this distinction in her own right.〕 (born 12 February 1942), née Wagstaff and later Johnson, is the wife of Sir John Major, the former British Prime Minister. Major has been a keen supporter of the British Conservative Party. ==Biography== She is the daughter of the late Norman Wagstaff and the late Edith Johnson, and was born Norma Christina Elizabeth Wagstaff. She was born in Shropshire while her father was stationed there. He was killed in a motorcycle accident a few days after the end of World War II, when Norma was three years old, and her mother subsequently changed the family name back to her maiden name, so that she was called Norma Johnson as she was growing up. Norma was educated at a boarding school in Bexhill-on-Sea, Oakfield Preparatory School in Dulwich, and Peckham School for Girls where she was Head Girl. She was a skilled dressmaker and trained as a teacher, working at St Michael and All Angels Church of England School, Camberwell. She was also a member of the Young Conservatives.〔()〕 At a Conservative Party meeting during the campaign for the 1970 Greater London Council elections she was introduced to John Major by Peter Golds, a party agent. They married on 3 October 1970. The Majors have a son, James Major, and a daughter, Elizabeth Major. She kept a low profile during her time as wife to the Prime Minister (November 1990 to May 1997), doing charity work and writing two books, ''Chequers: The Prime Minister's Country House and its History'' (1997) and ''Joan Sutherland: The Authorised Biography'' (1994). She was, in 1993, the subject of an unauthorised but well-regarded biography ''Norma – A Biography'' by the Daily Telegraph journalist Tim Walker. In June 1999 she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, in recognition of her charity work. Major was a supporter of Mencap and credited with helping to raise £6 million for the charity.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norma Major」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|