Fiona Ballantyne nee. Mackay (I10525) was awarded an OBE for ‘Services to Culture in Scotland’ in the Queen’s Birthday Honours last year. The award was presented to Fiona by Prince William at Buckingham Palace on November14, 2014. Fiona is the 2nd Great-granddaughter of Mary Elizabeth Willingale born 1831. On behalf of WFS members we congratulate you Fiona.
This is the second known OBE awarded to a member of our family. The other was awarded in 1993 to Geoffrey Willingale Wood (I2503) for services to the ‘Board of the Inland Revenue’.