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
Sylvia M. Donaldson Sylvia M. Donaldson Sylvia M. Donaldson (July 12, 1849 – June 15, 1937) was one of the first women elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She was elected in 1924 at the age of seventy-three and served until 1930. Donaldson, a Republican, represented the tenth district (Plymouth/Brockton). Donaldson was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts on July 12, 1849. She studied to be a teacher at Boston University. She taught in the Brockton School District from 1873–1919 where she was principal and served on the school board. In 1923, the first women, Donaldson and Susan Fitzgerald, were elected to the Massachusetts