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).GRO, Hull District Registry, Vol 9d, p 311, September 1904 quarter.
Major worked for the Humber Rubber and Engineers' Supplies Ltd, becoming the secretary to the managing director."C.B.E. for Ex-Lord Mayor in New Year Honours", Daily Mail (Hull), 1 January 1965, p 12.
Councillor and Lord Mayor Major was elected as a Councillor in 1945 for the Municipal Association Group, serving until 1958, and again from 1960.Advertisement, Daily Mail (Hull), 11 May 1949, p 3."New Aldermen: Labour Challenged", Daily Mail (Hull), 11 October 1961, p 7. In 1961 she was an unsuccessful candidate for the Aldermanic bench."New Aldermen: Labour Challenged", Daily Mail (Hull), 11 October 1961, p 7. She was Lord Mayor in 1965-66.
She was awarded the MBE in 1965."C.B.E. for Ex-Lord Mayor in New Year Honours", Daily Mail (Hull), 1 January 1965, p 12.
A portrait of her, painted by William Dring, was commissioned in 1966 for the Guildhall.
Personal life She died in 1981, aged 76.GRO Probate Records, 1981, p 5542.
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