Beatrix Waring McCay

Beatrix Waring McCay, Lady Reid (8 January 1901 – 14 June 1972) was one of Victoria's earliest Barristers and Magistrates, she was the second women to sign the Victorian Bar and the first female 'Reader' of the Bar. Beatrix McCay was born at Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, being the second daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir James Whiteside McCay and Julia Mary O'Meara. On 12 August 1930, aged 29, she married George Oswald Reid (later Sir George Oswald Reid)., at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, and resided at Mont Albert, Victoria.

Beatrix Waring McCay

Beatrix Waring McCay, Lady Reid (8 January 1901 – 14 June 1972) was one of Victoria's earliest Barristers and Magistrates, she was the second women to sign the Victorian Bar and the first female 'Reader' of the Bar. Beatrix McCay was born at Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, being the second daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir James Whiteside McCay and Julia Mary O'Meara. On 12 August 1930, aged 29, she married George Oswald Reid (later Sir George Oswald Reid)., at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, and resided at Mont Albert, Victoria.