Mary Jane Innes (née Lewis, 18 April 1852 – 14 November 1941) was a Welsh-born New Zealand brewery manager.
Mary Jane Lewis was born on a farm in Llanvaches, Monmouthshire, Wales on 18 April 1852.
The Innes brewing and bottling businesses not only produced alcoholic beverages, but "aerated waters," thus making a start to the soft-drink industry in New Zealand.
[5][6] Objects and papers belonging to Innes and her family are part of the collection in the Waikato Museum.
[2] Mary Jane's grandson Colin V. Innes co-wrote a book about the family's early history in brewing, A Crown for the Lady: The Unravelling of a Pioneer Story (Tauranga: Moana Press, 1989).