Life peerages gazetted....
Michael Rhodes
the name,style and title of Baron Adonis, of Camden Town in the London
Borough of Camden.
Source: Daily Telegraph 18 May, 2005
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The life barony conferred upon General Sir David Ramsbotham has been
gazetted in the name style and title of Baron Ramsbotham, of Kensington
in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Source: Daily Telegraph 19 May 2005
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The life barony conferred upon Dame Rennie Fritchie has been gazetted
in the name, stle and title of Baroness Fritchie, of Gloucester in the
Count of Gloucestershire.
Daily Telegraph 03 June, 2005
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Michael Rhodes
in the name, style and title of Baron TYLER, of Linkinhorne in the
County of Cornwall.
Source: Daily Telegraph 17 June, 2005.
Paul Tyler was Lib Dem MP for North Cornwall, 1992-2005; Liberal MP for
Bodmin, Feb-Sept, 1974; Liberal spokesman on Housing and Transport,
1974; Lib Dem Chief Whip, 1997-2001; Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House
of Commons, 1997-2005; appointed CBE, 1985; public affairs consultant;
Director, Western Approaches, Public Relations Ltd, Launceston,
Cornwall from 1987 (Managing Director 1987-92); b. 29 Oct, 1941, son of
Oliver Walter Tyler, by his wife Ursula Grace Gibbons May; married
1970, Nicola Mary Ingram, 1 son, 1 dau.
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The life barony conferred on the Rt Hon Alan Thomas Howarth, PC, has
been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron HOWARTH OF NEWPORT,
of Newport in the County of Gwent.
Source: Daily Telegraph 17 June, 2005.
Alan Howarth was MP (Labour) for Newport East, 1997-2005 (MP for
Stratford-on-Avon, 1983-97, Conservative, Labour, 1995-97); Sworn of
the Privy Council, 2000; CBE, 1982; Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State, Department of Education and Science, 1989-92 (Schools Minister,
1989-90, Minister for Higher Education & Science 1990-92); later
Employment Minister in the Blair Administration, and Minister for the
Arts; b. 11 June, 1944, the son of Major Thomas Edward Brodie Howarth,
MC, TD, the King's Regiment (b. 21 Oct, 1914), by his wife Margaret,
daughter of Norman Teakle, of Chelsea; married 1967, Gillian Martha
(divorced 1996), daughter of Mr Arthur Chance, of Dublin; 2 sons, 2
daughters. He was research assistant to Field Marshal the Viscount
Montgomery of Alamein, KG, for his _A History of Warfare_ 1965-67.
Lord Howarth of Newport's father was awarded the MC 1945; TD 1953; was
assistant master at Winchester College 1938-39, headmaster, King
Edward's School, Birmingham 1948-52, Second Master, Winchester College,
1952-62; High Master of St Paul's School from 1962; Chairman,
Headmasters' Conference, 1969; he served in NW Europe 1944-45;, was
personal liaison officer to General (later Field Marshal) Sir Bernard
(later Viscount) Montgomery; he was the son of Frank Fielding Howarth
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The life barony conferred in 2005 on the Rt Hon Derek Foster, PC, has
been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron FOSTER OF BISHOP
AUCKLAND, of Bishop Auckland in the County of Durham.
Source: Daily Telegraph 18 June, 2005.
Derek Foster, was Labour MP for Bishop Auckland 1979-2005; b. 25 June,
1937, the son of Joseph and Ethel Maud Foster; he was Parliamentary
Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (Neil Kinnock)
1983-85; Opposition Chief Whip, 1985-95; Opposition front bench
spokesman on the Duchy of Lancaster, 1995-97; sworn of the Privy
Council, 1983; he married in 1972, Florence Anne Bulmer, 3 sons, 1 dau.
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The life barony conferred in 2005 on the Rt Hon George Foulkes, PC, has
been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron FOULKES OF CUMNOCK,
of Cumnock in East Ayrshire.
Source: Daily Telegraph 18 June, 2005
George Foulkes, Labour MP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley,
1983-2005 (South Ayrshire 1979-83), was b. 21 Jan 1942, son of George
and Jessie Foulkes; married 1970, Elizabeth Anna Hope, 2 sons, 1
daughter. Sworn of the Privy Council, 2002; Justice of the Peace, &c.
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The life barony conferred on Martin John O'Neill,has been gazetted in
the name, style and title of BARON O'NEILL OF CLACKMANNAN, of
Clackmannan in Clackmannashire. He served as Labour MP for Ochil
(formerly Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan), 1983-2005; b. 6 Jan, 1945,
the son of John and Minnie O'Neill; married 1973, Eleanor Marjorie
Samuel, by whom he has 2 sons.
Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2005
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The life barony conferred on the Rt Hon Estelle Morris, has been
gazetted in the name, style and title of BARONESS MORRIS OF YARDLEY, of
Yardley in the County of West Midlands. She was Labour MP for
Birmingham Yardley, 1992-2005; b. 17 June, 1952, daughter of the Rt Hon
Charles Richard Morris, Lab MP for Manchester Openshaw, 1963-83, by his
wife Pauline Dunn; she served as Secretary of State for Education.
Source:Daily Telegraph 16 June 2005
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The life barony conferred on the Rt Hon (Winifred) Ann Taylor, has been
gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness TAYLOR OF BOLTON, of
Bolton in the County of Greater Manchester. She was Labour MP for
Dewsbury, 1987-2005; b. 2 July, 1947 at Motherwell,and wife since 1966,
of David Taylor; she was President of the Council and Leader of the
House of Commons, 1997-98.
Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2005
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The life barony conferred on Sir Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood has been
gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron KIRKWOOD OF KIRKHOPE, of
Kirkhope in the Scottish Borders.
Sir Archibald Kirkwood is the former Lib/Dem MP for Roxburgh &
Berwickshire. He was b. 22 Apr, 1946, son of David Kirkwood by his wife
Jessie Barclay Kirkwood; he m. 1972, Rosemary Chester, by whom he ahs
one son and one daughter.
Source: Daily Telegraph 14 June, 2005
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Michael Rhodes
Conservative MP for Epsom and Ewell, PPS to the Prime Minister
(Margaret Thatcher) and a Government Minister, has been gazetted in the
name, style and title of BARON HAMILTON OF EPSOM, of West Anstey in the
County of Devon.
The peer, b. in 1941, is a yr so of the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
(1911-90), by his wife Rosemary Olive Coke, scion of the Earls of
Leicester. He married in 1968, Anne Catharine Napier, and is the father
of 3 daughters, Laura, Iona and Alice.
Source: Daily Telegraph 21 June 2005
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The life barony recently conferred on Mr David William George Chidgey,
lately Liberal Dem MP for Eastleigh, has been gazetted in the name,
style and title of BARON CHIDGEY, of Hamble-Rice in the County of
Hampshire.
The peer, b. 9 July, 1942 is a son of Cyril Cecil Chidgey and Winifred
Hilda Doris Weston. He was MP for Eastleigh from June, 1994 until the
last General Election. He married in 1965, April Caroline Idris-Jones,
by whom he has 1 son and 2 daughters.
Source: Daily Telegraph 21 June 2005
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The life barony recently conferred on Mr Nigel David Jones, Liberal Dem
MP for Cheltenham, 1992-2005, has been gazetted in the name, style and
title of BARON JONES OF CHELTENHAM, of Cheltenham in the County of
Gloucestershire. He was born 30 March, 1948, and married in 1981, Katy
Grinnell, by whom he has one son and twin daughters.
Source: Daily Telegraph 22 June, 2005
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The life barony recently awarded to Mr Dennis Turner, Labour & Co-op MP
for Wolverhampton SE, 1987-2005, has been gazetted in the name, style,
and title of BARON BILSTON, of Bilston in the County of West Midlands.
The peer, b. 26 Aug, 1942, the son of Mary Elizabeth Peasley and Thomas
Herbert Turner; married in 1976, Patricia Mary Narroway, by whom he has
1 son and 1 daughter. He was Chairman of the H of C Catering Committee,
&c.
Source: Daily Telegraph 22 June 2005
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The life barony conferred on Mr Lewis George Moonie, Lab MP for
Kirkaldy, 1987-2005, and ately a Junior Defence Minister (Minister for
Veterans), has been gazetted in the name, style and title of BARON
MOONIE, of Bennochy in Fife. The peer, b 25 Feb 1947, is married with 2
children.
Source: Daily Telegraph 24 June 2005
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The lfe peerage recently awarded to Mr Christopher Robert Smith, PC,
has been gazetted in the name, style and title of BARON SMITH OF
FINSBURY, of Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington.
The peer, B. 24 July, 1951, son of Colin Smith and Gladys Luscombe, was
Sec of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2001, and Chairman of
the Millennium Commission.
Lord Smith of Finsbury is a homosexual. Or perhaps to be less rude, in
the style of Daily Telegraph obituaries _he never married_.
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The life peerage recently conferred on Gillian Patricia Shephard, PC
(1992), has been gazetted in the name, style and title of BARONESS
SHEPHARD OF NORTHWOLD, of Northwold in the County of Norfolk. The
Baroness was lately Tory MP for SW Norfolk and a Deputy Chairman of the
Conservative party; a close associate of Sir John Major, KG, she served
successively as Sec of State for Emloyment, Minister of Agriculture,
Sec of State for Education, and Shadow Leader of the H of C, under
Major. She was b. 22 Jan, 1940, as Gillian Watts, dau of Reginald and
Bertha Watts. She married in 1975, Thomas Shephard, and has 2
step-sons.
Source: Daily Telegraph 23 June, 2005
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The life barony recently conferred on Dr Lynda Margaret Clark, QC, Lab
MP for Edinburgh Pentlands 1997-2005, and former Advocate General for
Scotland, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of BARONESS
CLARK OF CALTON, of Calton in the City of Edinburgh.
The Baroness was b. 26 Feb, 1949. QC (Scot.), 1989.
Source: Daily Telegraph 23 June, 2005
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The life barony conferred on Dr Jennifer Louise Tonge, Lib Dem MP for
Richmond Park, 1997-2005, has been gazetted in the name, style and
title of BARONESS TONGE, of Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon
Thames.
The Baroness was b. 19 Feb, 1941, daughter of Sidney Smith & Violet
Williams; she m. Dr Keith Angus Tonge in 1964; 2 sons, 1 dau.
Source: Daily Telegraph 25 June, 2005
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The life peerage awarded to Mr Antbhony Louis (Tony) Banks, Lab MP for
Newnham NW, 1983-97, and for West Ham, 1997-2005, has been gazetted in
the name, style and title of BARON STRATFORD, in the London Borough of
Newnham.
Source: Daily Telegraph 25 June 2005
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Michael Rhodes
PC, Labour MP for Whitehaven, Cumbria 1970-83, and for Copeland,
1983-2005, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of BARON
CUNNINGHAM OF FELLING, of Felling in the County of Tyne and Wear. Dr
Cunningham was b. 4 Aug 1939, the son of Andrew Cunningham. He served
as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon James Callaghan,
1972-76; was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1997-98;
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, 1998-99; Deputy Lieutenant for Cumbria from 1991. He married
in 1964, Maureen (NN), and is father of 1 son and 2 daughters. He was
sworn of the Privy Council in 1993.
Source: Daily Telegraph 29 June 2005
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The life barony recently conferred on the Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Walter
Lyell, Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead, 1979-83, for
Mid-Bedfordshire 1983-97, for NE Bedfordshire 1997-2001; a barrister, a
Recorder 1997-2002, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of
BARON LYELL OF MARKYATE, of Markyate in the County of Hertfordshire.
Lyell was Solicitor-General, 1987-92, Attorney-General, 1992-97; QC
1980; Sworn of the Privy Council 1990; knighted 1987. He was born 6
Dec, 1938, son of Sir Maurice Legat Lyell, by his wife Veronica Mary.
He married in 1967, Susanna Mary Fletcher - 2 sons, 2 daughters.
Source: Daily Telegraph 29 June 2005
One of Lyell's daughters, Dr Veronica R. Lyell, married in June, 1997,
Robert Byrne, son of Mrs Nathan Harrell-Bond. (The Times 23 June, 1997)
The Lyell's eldest son, Oliver M.W. Lyell announced his engagement, 16
Dec, 1997, to Justine M. Fuller, daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard Fuller
(The Times 16 Dec, 1997)
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The life barony awarded to the Rt Hon Donald Anderson, PC, Lab MP for
Swansea East, 1974-2005; barrister-at-law, has been gazetted in the
name, style and title of BARON ANDERSON OF SWANSEA, of Swansea in the
County of West Glamorgan. Anderson was sworn of the Privy Council in
2001. He sat on numerous H of C Committees; b. 17 June, 1939, the son
of David Robert Anderson, by his wife Eva Mathias; he married in 1963,
Dr Dorothy Trotman, BSc, PhD, by whom he has 3 sons.
Source: Daily Telegraph 30 June 2005
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The life peerage recently awarded to Mrs Katherine Patricia Irene
Adams, Lab MP for Paisley North, Nov 1990-2005, has been gazetted in
the name, style and title of BARONESS ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, of
Craigielea in Renfrewshire. She was b. 27 Dec, 1947; married 1968,
Allen S. Adams, MP (b. 16 Feb 1946; died 5 Sept, 1990) who sat as Lab
MP for Paisley 1979-83, and for Paisley N, 1983-90. She succeeded her
deceased husband as MP for Paisley N in the by-election following his
demise.
Source: Daily Telegraph 30 June 2005
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The life peerage recently conferred on Clive Stafford Soley, Lab MP for
Hammersmith N, 1979-83, for Hammersmith 1983-97, for Ealing, Acton and
Shepherd's Bush, 1997-2005, has been gazetted as BARON SOLEY, of
Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith. Lord Soley was b. 7
May 1939.
Source: Daily Telegraph 1 July, 2005
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The life peerage recently conferred on Mrs Jean Ann Corston, Lab MP for
Bristol East 1992-2005, has been gazetted as BARONESS CORSTON, of St
George in the County and City of Bristol. She was born Jean Ann Parkin,
5 May, 1942, dau of Charles Lawrence Parkin, by his wife Eileen Ada.
Lady Corston was Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1991. She married (1)
1961, Christopher John Davy Corston; 1 son and 1 dau; married (2) 1985,
as his 3rd wife, Peter Brereton Townsend, Professor of Social Policy,
University of Bristol, 1982-93 (b. 6 Apr 1928).
Source: Daily Telegraph 1 July, 2005