Nancy Northcroft

Anna Holmes "Nancy" Northcroft OBE (23 March 1913 – 31 July 1980) was a New Zealand town planner.

Biography

Northcroft was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, on 23 March 1913.[1] Her father was lawyer and later Supreme Court judge Erima Northcroft.[1] Northcroft attended Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland, where she was head prefect. She completed a degree in architecture and won a British Council scholarship to travel to England in 1942 to study town planning.[2]

On returning to New Zealand after World War II, Northcroft was appointed town planning officer at the Christchurch City Council and in 1954 she was promoted to chief planner.[2]

Northcroft was a keen cricket player and in 1971 she was made a life member of the Riccarton Cricket Club.[2]

In the 1978 New Year Honours, Northcroft was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to town planning.[3]

References
  1. Miller, Caroline L. "Anna Holmes Northcroft". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. Auger, Trevor (2020). The Warm Sun on my Face - The Story of Women's Cricket in New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand: Upstart Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1-988516-30-1.
  3. "No. 47420". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1977. p. 42.


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