Dame Catherine Fulford (1881-17 January 1960) was a social worker and local politician who spent 27 years on the London County Council's education committee. She was Chief Whip of the Conservative Group from 1941.[1]
Born in Handsworth, near Birmingham, she was the daughter of Henry C Fulford, a brewer, and his wife Agnes.[2][3] A Roman Catholic, she was educated at Mayfield Boarding School in Sussex.[4]
She subsequently lived in Thursley, near Guildford, Surrey, with a town house in Kensington.
She entered local politics in 1921 as a member of the Fulham Board of Guardians. She subsequently sat on Chelsea Borough Council for 11 years and Fulham Borough Council for 6 years.
In 1931 she became a Municipal Reform Party alderman on the London County Council. In 1934 she became a councillor for Chelsea, latterly as a Conservative. In 1951 she returned to the aldermanic bench, holding the seat until she resigned due to ill health in 1958.[1]
She was awarded the MBE in 1920 for her role as Honorary Secretary and Member of Fulham Local War Pensions Sub-Committee[5] and as part of the Coronation Honours in 1953 she was made a Dame of the British Empire "for political and public services in London".[6]
She never married, and died aged 79 in 1960. She was buried in the graveyard of St Michael and All Angels, Thursley.[7]
Wikipedia page [1] refers.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Woman Alderman Resigns". The Times: p. 7. 31 October 1958.
- ↑ Register of Births 1Q 1881, West Bromwich District, Vol 6b p.752
- ↑ 1881 Census RG11/2585
- ↑ 1891 Census RG12/783
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31840. p. 3831. 30 March 1920.
- ↑ "Honours List. Recognition Of Coronation Work". The Times: p. 6. 1 June 1953.
- ↑ Burial Register, Thursley Parish Church, p.98