Mary Kingsmill Jones
Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, DBE (1877 – 2 April 1968) was an Anglo-Irish British Conservative politician and the first woman Lord Mayor of Manchester.
Born in Dublin, Jones was educated at Alexandra College. In 1909, she moved to Manchester in England, and in 1921 was elected to Manchester City Council, representing the Conservative Party. She served on a number of council committees, and also represented the council on external bodies, particularly during World War II. At both the 1924 and 1929 United Kingdom general elections, she stood in Manchester Ardwick, taking second place each time.[1][2]
In 1938, Jones became an alderman, and the same year was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. From 1947 to 1949, she served as Lord Mayor of Manchester, the first woman to hold the post, and at the end of her term, she was promoted to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). She was made an honorary freeman of the city in 1956. In 1958, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). She retired from the council in 1966, and was made an honorary alderman the following year.[1][2]
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- ^ a b "Jones, Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill". Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U50918. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, 1877-1968". History Ireland. 26 (2): 18–20. March–April 2018.
- 1877 births
- 1968 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) councillors
- Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- Mayors of Manchester
- People educated at Alexandra College
- People from Dublin (city)
- Women mayors of places in England
- Women councillors in England