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New Zealand community leader and spouse of prime minister Bill Rowling

Glen, Lady RowlingQSO
Spouse of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
In role
6 September 1974 – 12 December 1975
Prime MinisterBill Rowling
Preceded byIrene Frances Watt
Succeeded byThea Dale Muldoon
Personal details
BornGlen Elna Reeves
(1930-08-01)1 August 1930
Died23 June 2024(2024-06-23) (aged 93)
Nelson, New Zealand
Spouse Bill Rowling ​ ​(m. 1951; died 1995)​
Children5
Known forCommunity service, wife of prime minister

Glen Elna Rowling, Lady Rowling QSO (née Reeves; 1 August 1930 – 23 June 2024) was a New Zealand community leader and the spouse of the prime minister of New Zealand Bill Rowling.

On 20 October 1951, she married Bill Rowling. They had five children.

In 1977, Rowling received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.

Glen, Lady Rowling, died in Nelson on 23 June 2024, aged 93.

References

  1. "Rowling, Glen Elna, active 1951-2000". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Rowling, Wallace Edward". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  3. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 322. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  4. "No. 51367". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 11 June 1988. p. 34.
  5. "Lady Rowling obituary". Nelson Mail. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  6. "Lady Glen Rowling remembered for lifetime of service". Stuff. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.


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