Margaret Barbour
British businesswoman and philanthropist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Margaret Barbour DBE DL (née Davies; born February 1940[1]) is a British businesswoman and philanthropist best known as the current Chairman of J. Barbour & Sons.
Together with her daughter, Helen Barbour, she established the Women's Fund in 1999 to encourage and support women within Tyne & Wear and Northumberland to develop their full potential.[2] In 2000, in memory of her mother in law, Barbour set up The Nancy Barbour Award, an award within the Women's Fund that recognises organisations helping women to play a more active part in the community, particularly those who work with a disability.[3][4]