Mary Elizabeth Richmond CBE (30 August 1853 – 3 July 1949) was a New Zealand community leader, teacher and writer.
She was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand in 1853. Her parents were William Richmond and Emily Elizabeth Atkinson.[1] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours for services in education and welfare work.[2] She died later that year in Wellington,[1] was cremated,[3] and had her ashes buried at Karori Cemetery.[4]