Letitia Overend L.L.D., DStJ (15 July 1880 – 3 October 1977) was an Irish philanthropist, filmmaker and motor enthusiast.
Her most notable work was with the St John Ambulance Brigade and being a co-founder of the Children's Sunshine Home at Stillorgan, County Dublin with Ella Webb.
In the Easter Rising of 1916, she was one of the first aiders who worked under the direction of John Lumsden, attended to the wounded of both sides of the conflict.
She went on to attain the rank of chief superintendent, serving the Brigade for the rest of her life, eventually being awarded dame of justice of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1955.
She was a member of the Irish Red Cross Society committee of the emergency hospitals’ supplies depot on Merrion Square during World War II.
[5] The University of East Anglia has included Letitia and Naomi Overend as part of their 'Women in Focus' project, which highlights female filmmakers within archives.
This earned her the nicknames "Miss Rolls-Royce" or "Tot", and the Gardaí apparently turned a blind eye to her illegal parking around Dublin.