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 Moran, and a sister, Kate Moran.[1]
Career
Chairman of Rothwell Urban District Council
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]
In October 1974, de Carteret opened Thurston's new bakery premises.[5]
Personal life
Joan de Carteret lived at 6 Manor Close, Rothwell in 1967.[6]
de Carteret had a daughter, Lesley Sidebottom.[3]
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 was 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 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 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).
- ↑ Tuffrey, P. (2012) Yorkshire People at Work. Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing. Available at: https://archive.org/details/yorkshirepeoplea0000unse (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).