Mary Perkins sold for £2 million in 1980, and continue to receive income from. After the sale the couple moved to Guernsey, where Mary's father had retired. Mary and Doug Perkins established Specsavers in Guernsey in 1984. In 2007 it was the largest privately owned opticians in the world, with nearly 900 stores across the UK and Europe. By 2011 the company had an annual turnover of £1.5bn and over 30,000 staff in markets in the UK, Europe and Australasia. Her current title at Specsavers is "founder". Dame Mary sits on the company board, oversees business development and has particular responsibility for
Mary Perkins (nurse) service when her brother was injured in the war. Perkins married Andrew Perkins in April 1865. She died on November 18, 1893. Mary Perkins (nurse) Mary Perkins (May 5, 1839 – November 18, 1893) was a Union nurse during the American Civil War. Perkins was born on May 5, 1839, in Brewer, Maine. She later moved to Enfield, Maine until the outbreak of the Civil War. Perkins enlisted in 1861 as a nurse for the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry. Shortly after, she accompanied the regiment to Washington, D.C., where she served at Brigade Hospital. In March 1862, the regiment moved,