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
Dorothy Donaldson of 67. The club elected Donaldson an honorary associate member in 1997. She ended her playing career in 1999 when her husband became ill and devoted her time to caring for him at home. Basil died in 2001. She died at the Kiltipper Woods Care Centre in Dublin at 1:30 pm on 4 September 2011. Donaldson was survived by her two sons, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Dorothy Donaldson Dorothy Cunningham Donaldson (née Brown) (1915 – 4 September 2011) was an Irish sportswoman who was most prominent in the hockey, badminton and golf circles where she won a plethora of