Annie Major

Annie Major MBE, JP[1]
Born	(1904-05-25)25 May 1904 Kingston Upon Hull, England
Died	22 January 1981(1981-01-22) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)	Politician and mayor

Annie Major MBE (25 May 1904 – 22 January 1981) was Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull in 1965-66. Major was the first woman to be Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull.

Early life

Annie Major was born in Hull in 1904 to Robert Major and his wife Mary Anne (née Sanderson).[2]

Major worked for the Humber Rubber and Engineers' Supplies Ltd, becoming the secretary to the managing director.[3]

Councillor and Lord Mayor

Major was elected as a Councillor in 1945 for the Municipal Association Group, serving until 1958, and again from 1960.[4][5] In 1961 she was an unsuccessful candidate for the Aldermanic bench.[6] She was Lord Mayor in 1965-66.[7]

She was awarded the MBE in 1965.[8]

A portrait of her, painted by William Dring, was commissioned in 1966 for the Guildhall.[1]

Personal life

She died in 1981, aged 76.[9]

References

1. "Alderman Miss Annie Major, MBE, JP | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
2. GRO, Hull District Registry, Vol 9d, p 311, September 1904 quarter.
3. "C.B.E. for Ex-Lord Mayor in New Year Honours", Daily Mail (Hull), 1 January 1965, p 12.
4. Advertisement, Daily Mail (Hull), 11 May 1949, p 3.
5. "New Aldermen: Labour Challenged", Daily Mail (Hull), 11 October 1961, p 7.
6. "New Aldermen: Labour Challenged", Daily Mail (Hull), 11 October 1961, p 7.
7. "Hull: Annie Major". Retrieved 3 April 2024.
8. "C.B.E. for Ex-Lord Mayor in New Year Honours", Daily Mail (Hull), 1 January 1965, p 12.
9. GRO Probate Records, 1981, p 5542.