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Revision as of 20:15, 29 August 2023
Joan de Carteret (26th July 1924[1] - 28 August 1975[2]) was a councillor who served as the last Chairman of Rothwell Urban District Council and as the first Mayor Elect of Leeds Metropolitan District Council.[3]
Biography
Early life
Joan de Carteret was born Joan Moran on 26th July 1924 to Harold Moran and Annie Moran (née Wilson). She had a brother, Harold Jr, and a sister, Kate.[1]
Career
Chairman of Rothwell Urban District Council
de Carteret was Chairman of the council when Pat Phoenix, who played Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street, opened Rothwell Gala in 1966.[3]
Before it became part of Leeds Metropolitan District Council in 1974, de Carteret was the last Chairman of Rothwell Urban District Council. After RUDC's dissolution she became one of the Rothwell ward's three new councillors, alongside Rose Lund and Arthur Benson.[3]
Lord Mayor of Leeds
Joan de Carteret was Lord Mayor of Leeds for the year 1974.[4] She was the first Mayor Elect of the new Leeds Metropolitan District Council.[3] Her Deputy Lord Mayor was Mr H. T. Booth.[5]
In September 1974, de Carteret held a reception for the re-opening of the Leeds Grand after improvement alterations and decorations. It was held on stage after a performance of Rose Marie and was attended by the Deputy Lord Mayor and Albert King, leader of the City Council and the new chairman of the theatre's board of directors.[5]
In October 1974, de Carteret opened Thurston's new bakery premises.[6]
In 1975, after her term as Mayor came to an end, de Carteret resigned from local government.[2]
Personal life
In c. 1946, Joan Moran married Leslie de Carteret.[7] They had a daughter, Lesley Sidebottom.[3]
Joan de Carteret lived at 6 Manor Close, Rothwell in 1967.[8]
Death
On 28 August 1975, de Carteret, her husband Leslie, and friends Fred and Kate Tasker were killed when a 25-ton articulated lorry overturned on top of their car at a road junction at Hardisty Bridge, Blubberhouses, West Yorkshire. The lorry driver, Lawrence Southall, suffered minor injuries.[2]
Joan de Carteret and her husband were laid to rest in Rothwell Cemetery.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jen (49093752) (no date) Joan Moran de Carteret (1924-1975), Find a Grave. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180939507/joan-de_carteret (Accessed: 29 August 2023).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Daily Mail (1975) ‘Two are Killed in Coach Smash’, 29 August, p. 2. Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19750829/007/0002 (Accessed: 29 August 2023).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ward, S. (ed.) (2020) ‘Pat Phoenix in the park’, in Rothwell & District: Pictures & Memories from the Past. Leeds, West Yorkshire: Stephen Ward Photography & Publishing, p. 43.
- ↑ Leeds City Council (No date) Lord Mayors &; Aldermen of Leeds since 1626. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025631/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/List%20of%20Lord%20Mayors.pdf (Accessed: 29 August 2023).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Stage (1974) ‘Chit Chat’, 19 September, p. 12. Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19740919/084/0012 (Accessed: 29 August 2023).
- ↑ Tuffrey, P. (2012) Yorkshire People at Work. Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing. Available at: https://archive.org/details/yorkshirepeoplea0000unse (Accessed: 29 August 2023).
- ↑ Anon (no date) Entry information, FreeBMD. Available at: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=HO%2FKMKrAqbfVz%2Fd1izBVtA&scan=1 (Accessed: 29 August 2023).
- ↑ Anon (1967) ‘Additions to Commissions’, Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review Reports, 131(33), p. 513–513. Available at: https://archive.org/details/sim_criminal-law-justice-weekly_1967-08-19_131_33 (Accessed: 29 August 2023).