Marigold Merlyn Baillieu Southey, Lady Southey AC (née Myer; born 2 May 1928) is an Australian philanthropist who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.
[1] She was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak[2] and the University of Melbourne.
In 1996, she succeeded her brother, Sidney, as president of the philanthropic Myer Foundation until she resigned in 2004.
[3] On 1 January 2001, Lady Southey was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria under Governor John Landy.
In 1950, she married Ross Shelmerdine,[4] who died in 1979—they had four children.