Bessie Leith
Submitted by Alison McCall on 16 September 2015 - 3:51pm
Revised: 16 September 2015 - 6:59pm — Alison McCall
Dates:
1896- November 1978
Bessie Leith was born in Wick, the daughter of Andrew Leith, labourer and Helen Doull. In the 1901 census the family were living at I Mounthooley Lane, Wick.
She was a teacher at Pulteney School, Wick. She became a town councillor and then the first female provost of Wick. She was a member of the Labour party. She was awarded the MBE in the New Years Honours of 1954.
She is buried in the Old Municipal Cemetery, Wick.