John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington war in 1945. He served in the military government of Schleswig-Holstein, and was demobbed as a lieutenant-colonel aged 25. He married Dorothy Mary Warwick (later known as Dame Mary Donaldson), in 1945, having met her at Middlesex Hospital where she was working as a nurse. She later became the first woman to be a Member of the City of London Court of Common Council, the first female Alderman, the first female Sheriff and, finally, in 1983, the first female Lord Mayor of London. Together, they had two daughters and a son; his wife predeceased him in October 2003. Donaldson was
Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington became the first female Alderman in 1975, the first female Sheriff of the City of London in 1981 and in 1983 became the first female Lord Mayor. ""Of course there are things which men can do better than women ... But equally, women have attributes which men can never possess. Personally, I find it difficult not to become over-involved in issues concerning people"", Donaldson once commented. Donaldson chaired the Interim Licensing Authority for Human In Vitro Fertilisation and Embryology (see "Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority") from 1985 and then a member of the Press Complaints Commission from 1991–96. She remained