Dame Maud Burnett DBE JP
(1863-1950)
woman, 1st woman member of Tynemouth Council (from 1910), Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (from 1918), Justice of the Peace (from 1920), and 1st woman mayor of Tynemouth (from 1928)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Dame Annie Maud Burnett. b. 1863-1950 d. lived here. Elected in 1910, she was the first and only woman member of Tynemouth Council until 1929 when three others were elected. Created a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1918 for services during World War 1, she became the first woman mayor of Tynemouth in 1928. She was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1920.
10, Prior's Terrace, Tynemouth, United Kingdom where they lived