Heritage: Southampton’s first female mayor

By Martin Brisland. Lucia Foster Welch (1864-1940) was first woman to become councillor, sheriff, mayor, alderman and Admiral of the Port in Southampton. She was also a Justice of the Peace from 1920. When she became the first woman mayor from 1927-28 there were only nine women mayors in all of England and Wales. The […] The post Heritage: Southampton’s first female mayor appeared first on…