Christina Massey
Dame Christina Allan Massey GBE (née Paul; 11 January 1863 – 19 April 1932) was a New Zealand political hostess and community leader, the wife of William Massey, the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Dame Christina Massey GBE | |
|---|---|
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
| In role 10 July 1912 – 10 May 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Ida Henrietta Mackenzie |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Bell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christina Allan Paul 11 January 1863 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 19 April 1932 (aged 69) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Spouse |
William Massey
(m. 1882; died 1925) |
| Children | 7 |
| Relatives |
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She was a supporter of the Victoria League, vice president of the New Zealand branch of the British Red Cross Society and the Lady Liverpool Fund, and was president of the Plunket Society. In the 1926 King's Birthday Honours, she became the first New Zealand woman to be appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire.
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