Mary Creighton Bailey

Mary Creighton Bailey
Mary Creighton Bailey, c. 1980
Born	(1913-09-19)19 September 1913 Headington, Oxford, England
Died	16 August 2008(2008-08-16) (aged 94) Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
Alma mater	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Occupations	Adviser to British high commissioner, Berlin Headmistress of Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School, Canterbury Teacher of classics at Roedean School and in Bristol
Years active	1939–1974

Mary Creighton Bailey (19 September 1913 – 16 August 2008) was an English classics scholar and teacher, and headmistress of Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School, Canterbury, for fourteen years.

After the Second World War, and interrupting her teaching career, Bailey was flown into Berlin as adviser to the British high commissioner there, with a remit to improve education services. As religious affairs officer in Berlin, she worked with the Evangelical Church of Westphalia. For her work in Germany she was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse, or Order of Merit First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany.