Sarah Lees

Dame
Sarah Anne Lees
DBE DStJ
Mayor of Oldham
In office
9 November 1910 (1910-11-09) – 1911
Preceded byWilliam Schofield
Succeeded byFrederick Graham Isherwood
Councillor for Hollinwood, Oldham
In office
1907–1919
Succeeded byMarjory Lees
Personal details
Born
Sarah Anne Buckley

(1842-11-13)13 November 1842
Oldham, Lancashire, England
Died14 April 1935(1935-04-14) (aged 92)
Oldham, Lancashire, England
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseCharles Edward Lees
ChildrenDorothy Lees
Marjorie Lees
RelativesJohn Frederick Lees
ResidenceWerneth Park
Occupation

Dame Sarah Anne Lees DBE DStJ (née Buckley; 13 November 1842 – 14 April 1935) of Werneth Park, Oldham, was an English Liberal politician, activist, and philanthropist who was the first female councillor elected in Lancashire (1907–19) and the first female Mayor of Oldham (1910–11), only the second woman in England to hold such a position.[1]

  1. ^ "Dame Sarah Lees". The Times. London, England. 15 April 1935. p. 16 – via The Times Digital Archive 1785—2008.