Annie Major

 Annie Major  MBE (25 May 1904 – 22 January 1981) was Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull in 1965-66. Major was the first woman to be Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull.

Early life
Annie Major was born in Hull in 1904 to Robert Major and his wife Mary Anne (née Sanderson).

Major worked for the Humber Rubber and Engineers' Supplies Ltd, becoming the secretary to the managing director.

Councillor and Lord Mayor
Major was elected as a Councillor in 1945 for the Municipal Association Group, serving until 1958, and again from 1960. In 1961 she was an unsuccessful candidate for the Aldermanic bench. She was Lord Mayor in 1965-66.

She was awarded the MBE in 1965.

A portrait of her, painted by William Dring, was commissioned in 1966 for the Guildhall.

Personal life
She died in 1981, aged 76.