The Williamson Papers 1942-1945

Williamson, Catherine Ellis, 1896-1977

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Mrs Catherine Ellis Williamson (1896-1977) was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. She was a director and manager for 35 years of her husband's family business of tanners in Canterbury. A Labour member of the City Council in 1936 to 1943, she was the City's first woman mayor. She contested parliamentary elections at Ashford (1943) and Canterbury (1945) as a candidate for the Common Wealth political party and East Grinstead (1950) and Hastings (1951) as a Labour candidate. (See Who was who, 7,...

Common Wealth Party

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Acland, Richard, Sir, 1906-1990

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