Mary Richmond (teacher)

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

She was born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand in 1853. Her parents were William Richmond and Emily Elizabeth Atkinson. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1949 New Year Honours "for services in education and welfare work". She died half a year later in Wellington, was cremated, and had her ashes buried at Karori Cemetery.