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Elizabeth Martha Anne "Pattie" Deakin CBE (née Browne; 1 January 1863 – 30 December 1934) was a leading advocate for creches, kindergartens and playgrounds in Australia. She was known for her philanthropic work.
Pattie Deakin was the wife of Alfred Deakin, the Prime Minister of Australia three times. She accompanied him to London, participated in official events, and campaigned for his party.
Summary. At age 19 in 1882 Pattie Browne married Alfred Deakin who became the youngest ever cabinet minister in Australia, in 1883. He was Prime Minister of Australia in 1903-1904, 1905-1908, and 1909-1910. Throughout her married life, Pattie devoted herself to her family and charity work, especially in the area of child welfare.
Pattie Deakin was born in 1863 and married Alfred in 1882. She was forty - ten years younger than Jane - when she first became Prime Minister’s wife in 1903.
Elizabeth Martha Anne "Pattie" Deakin CBE was a leading advocate for creches, kindergartens and playgrounds in Australia. She was known for her philanthropic work. She was the wife of Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia.
Alfred Deakin and wife Pattie in 1907. He was active in the Theosophical Society until 1896, when he resigned on joining the Australian Church led by Charles Strong. Though Deakin always took pains to obscure the spiritual dimensions of his character from the public gaze, he felt a strong sense of providence and destiny working in his career.
A photograph of Pattie Deakin, the wife of former Australian prime minister Alfred Deakin, and Joseph Cook, another politician, at Point Lonsdale in 1909. The image is part of the Brookes family album and the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library collection.
