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‘From the beginning Marion’s life was far from commonplace’
indeed, our two families have been friends for generations. Marion’s father was Sir William Burrell, the famous philanthropist who gave the Burrell Collection to the City of Glasgow and who contrived to keep his family life hidden from the public eye. Yet on Marion’s death, she left clues to their past which have allowed me to unearth an extraordinary history which would have otherwise have been lost. From the beginning Marion’s life was far from commonplace. She was the only child of an ambitious man accustomed to success. William
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Above: The Burrell Collection in Pollock Country Park, Glasgow is home to over 8,000 objects. Left: Photographers snapped the beautiful Marion wherever she went.
wenty years ago I set out to unravel a mystery, but with no idea where my mission would lead. It all began with the death in 1992 of Marion Burrell, my godmother and one of my dearest friends;