mary, latchford, jones, dame, june, 1877, april, 1968, british, conservative, politician, first, woman, lord, mayor, manchester, ethel, léontine, gabain, 1883, 1950, bornmary, latchford, kingsmill, jones, 1877, june, 1877dublin, irelanddied2, april, 1968, 1968. Dame Mary Latchford Jones DBE 27 June 1877 2 April 1968 was a British Conservative politician and the first woman Lord Mayor of Manchester Mary Latchford Jonesby Ethel Leontine Gabain 1883 1950 BornMary Latchford Kingsmill Jones 1877 06 27 27 June 1877Dublin IrelandDied2 April 1968 1968 04 02 aged 90 Manchester EnglandNationalityBritishOccupationPoliticianKnown for1st woman Lord Mayor of ManchesterPolitical partyConservative Contents 1 Life 2 Death 3 Honours 4 ReferencesLife EditMary Latchford Kingsmill Jones was born in Dublin to Percival and Margaret Jones She was educated at Alexandra College but did not go to university 1 In 1914 she moved to Manchester to join her brother a doctor in the city In 1921 she was elected to Manchester City Council representing the Conservative Party having adopted her brothers name 1 Jones served on council committees and represented the council on external bodies At both the 1924 and 1929 United Kingdom general elections she stood in Manchester Ardwick taking second place each time 2 3 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 During her term Manchester United won the FA Cup and she welcomed the winning team back to the city She also conferred the freedom of the city on Winston Churchill 1 At the end of her term she was promoted to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE A painting paid for by fifty women s groups was commissioned 1 She retired from the council in 1966 and was made an honorary alderman the following year 2 3 Death EditShe died at her home in Manchester on 2 April 1968 aged 90 1 Honours EditHonorary Freeman of Manchester in 1956 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE in 1958 References Edit a b c d e Jones Mary Latchford Kingsmill dib ie Retrieved 9 October 2022 a b Jones Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 U50918 a b Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones 1877 1968 History Ireland 26 2 18 20 March April 2018 Civic officesPreceded byThomas Henry Adams Lord Mayor of Manchester1947 1949 Succeeded byRobert Moss Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Latchford Jones amp oldid 1140100672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
