Mary Richmond (teacher)

Mary Elizabeth Richmond CBE (30 August 1853 – 3 July 1949) was a New Zealand community leader, teacher and writer.

[1] From 1884 until 1890, Richmond was a teacher at Wellington Girls' High School.

In 1898 she opened a private school in Wellington for children from kindergarten to preparatory level, which she operated until 1911.

[1] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours for services in education and welfare work.

[2] She died later that year in Wellington,[1] was cremated,[3] and had her ashes buried at Karori Cemetery.