Noreen Margaret Lowry was a British barrister and judge at the Old Bailey, where she was the first permanent female judge.
Early life
Noreen Margaret Collins was born on 6 September 1925 at 82 Adelaide Road in Hampstead, London. Noreen was the eldest daughter of John Edmund Collins (1895–1971), a paint salesman, and Hilda Grace () (1901–1984). Collins was educated at Bedford High School, a private school for girls aged 7 to 18 in Bedford, England. Collins was awarded a place at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, but wartime regulations prevented her from taking up the offer. Collins instead read law at the University of Birmingham. == Barrister ==
Personal life
Collins married Edward Lucas Gardner (1912–2001), a barrister and recorder, in 1950. Noreen's marriage to Gardner was dissolved in 1962. Noreen married Richard John Lowry (1924–2001), a barrister, on 24 April 1963. ==References==