banknotes.

[cucuhullan]

Please settle an argument.
Who was the first female to be depicted on a British banknote.

[poorclare]

Queen Elizabeth 11

[cucuhullan]

Thank you Poorclare.Am I correct in thinking that Florence Nightingale was the 2nd.?

[kettledrum]

The monarch was first portrayed on british bank notes in 1963, but Britannia had been there since 1694.

[shaneystar2]

You could argue that apart from the Queen Brittania was the first female pictured on a banknote.

[kettledrum]

I think you're right about Florence Nightingale (if we discount Britannia!). She appeared in 1994: St Cecilia - patron saint of music - appeared alongside Edward Elgar & Worcester Cathedral in 1999, and Elizabeth Fry in 2002.

[cucuhullan]

I am indebted to you all.Many thanks.