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Dorothy May Ellicott
OBE GMH JP
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    Dorothy May Ellicott,

    Gibraltarian historian and politician.[1]

    Early life

    Dorothy Ellicott was born in

    Anglicans at a time when there was a "fashionable Protestant school, Miss Hepper's".[1][4]

    As a young woman she worked as Secretary to the Editor of the

    French Morocco, in the initial stages of the evacuation of the Gibraltar civilian population (May/June 1940), later returning to "the Rock".[5] When the Gibraltarian evacuees were later expelled from the French Morocco and a wider scale evacuation schema was being implemented, Ellicott had to leave Gibraltar by September 1940[6] and relocated to the United Kingdom, where she remained for four years. She did not return to Gibraltar until August 1944.[7]

    Political career

    After the war she became involved in politics, initially as a member of the

    Gibraltar Museum Committee.[2]

    After giving up her political roles, she became increasingly active in charitable and cultural activities. She was the Honorary Secretary of the

    Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for fifteen.[2]

    In 1970, Dorothy Ellicott was appointed first female

    Justice of Peace of Gibraltar.[2] In 1972, she was awarded the OBE.[2] In 2008, the recently created Gibraltar Medallion of Honour was bestowed, posthumously, upon Dorothy Ellicott for public service and service to heritage.[10]

    As a historian, she wrote several articles, booklets and books. Her most renowned work was Our Gibraltar, published in 1974 by the Gibraltar Museum. It was described by Sir Varyl Begg (Governor of Gibraltar from 1969 to 1973), as a work that told "the story of The Rock in a manner suitable for the visitor seeking a brief outline of historical events in easily digestible form".[11] It is also mentioned by Sir William Jackson (historian and Governor of Gibraltar from 1978 to 1982), in the preface of his work The Rock of the Gibraltarians (1990).[12]

    Works

    • An Ornament to the Almeida, being the Story of Gibraltar's City Hall. 1950. (with her husband, J.T. Elliott)[2]
    • Gibraltar's Royal Governor. Gibraltar. 1954.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    • From Rooke to Nelson: 101 Eventful Years in Gibraltar. Gibraltar: Garrison Library. 1965.
    • Bastion Against Aggression, How Gibraltar Helped Spain during the Peninsular War. Gibraltar: Gibraltar Society. 1969.
    • Our Gibraltar: A Short History of the Rock. Gibraltar:
      Gibraltar Museum
      Committee. 1975.
    • The Cathedral of The Holy Trinity, Gibraltar (Revised ed.). Gibraltar: Holy Trinity Cathedral Council. 1999.

    Bibliography

    • Ellicott, Dorothy (1975). Our Gibraltar. Gibraltar Museum Committee.

    References

    1. ^ a b c d Smith, Delilah (31 August 2010). "Dorothy May Bridger Ellicott". Gibraltar Chronicle – Heritage Feature. p. 6.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ellicott, 133
    3. ^ "Obituary, Dorothy Ellicott; OBE, JP". Gibraltar Chronicle. 12 June 1990. p. 13.
    4. ^ Prior, D (2006). A Short History of Loreto in Gibraltar. Gibraltar: Doma.
    5. ^ Ellicott, 117
    6. ^ Ellicott, 119
    7. ^ Ellicott, 121
    8. ISBN 0-948466-12-X
      .
    9. ^ Garcia, Joseph J. (2002). Gibraltar. The Making of a People (2nd ed.). Gibraltar: Panorama Publishing. p. 118.
    10. ^ "Gibraltar Medallion" (PDF). Government of Gibraltar. July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
    11. ^ Ellicott, Foreword
    12. ISBN 0-948466-14-6
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