![]() The couple then moved to India in 1889, taking up residence in Madras (modern-day Chennai), capital of the state of Tamil Nadu on the southeastern seacoast, populated mostly by the Tamil ethnic group. She then married Dr William Burney Bannerman, a physician and an officer in the Indian Medical Service (IMS). ![]() Andrews, attaining the qualification of Lady Literate in Arts (LLA) in 1887. īecause women were not admitted into Scottish universities, she sat external examinations set by the University of St. When the family returned, they spent much time with their maternal aunt, Mrs Cowan, at 35 Royal Terrace on Calton Hill. Between the ages of 2 and 12, she lived in Madeira, where her father was minister at the Scottish church. She was the eldest daughter and fourth child of seven children of Robert Boog Watson (1823–1910), minister of the Free Church of Scotland and malacologist, and his wife Janet (1831–1912), daughter of Helen Brodie and the papermaker and philanthropist Alexander Cowan. Bannerman was born at 35 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh. ![]()
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