About Lucia Foster Welch
Lived 1864 – 1940 (aged 75–76). Lucia Foster Welch was a British politician.
Lucia Marion Foster Welch (1864–1940) was a suffragette and conservative politician who served as Southampton's first female mayor. In 1884 she married Philip Braham.
In 1918 with elections suspended due to the war Lucia Foster Welch was co-opted to the town council as the then town's first female Councillor. At the time it was a regular part of the mayor's duties to greet more distinguished travelers at the docks.
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Who was Lucia Foster Welch?
British politician
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Lucia Foster Welch was born in 1864 in Liverpool.
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Lucia Foster Welch died in 1940.
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Lucia Foster Welch was a politician.
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Lucia Foster Welch was British.
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