Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington

Dorothy Mary Warwick, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington, GBE DStJ (29 August 1921–4 October 2003), better known as Dame Mary Donaldson, was the first, and to date the only, female Lord Mayor of London (serving from 1983–84).

The daughter of an ironmonger and a school teacher, Donaldson worked as a nurse. She was elected a member of the City of London Court of Common Council in 1966, and became the first female alderman in 1975, the first female Sheriff of the City of London in 1981 and in 1983 the first female Lord Mayor.^{[citation needed]}

She chaired the Interim Licensing Authority for Human In Vitro Fertilisation and Embryology (see Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) and was a member of the Press Complaints Commission 1991-95.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Donaldson was the wife of John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, who was Master of the Rolls (1982–92); they wed in 1945 and had two daughters and a son.

Civic offices
Preceded by Anthony Jolliffe	Lord Mayor of London 1983–1984	Succeeded by Alan Traill