Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster

Audrey Pellew Hylton -Foster, Baroness Hylton -Foster, of the City of Westminster DBE (birth name: Audrey Pellew Clifton Brown; * May 19, 1908, † 31 October 2002) was a British politician who as Life Peeress due 1965 of Life peerages Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords was, and was 1974-1995 chairman ( convener ) of the independent members of the upper house, the so-called Cross Bencher.

Life

Audrey Clifton Brown was the only daughter of Douglas Clifton Brown, who was the representative of the Conservative Party 1918-1951 with a brief interruption Member of the House of Commons and 1943-1951 House of Commons Speaker ( Speaker of the House of Commons ), and after his departure from the House of Commons in 1951 as Viscount Ruffside, of Hexham in Northumberland member of the House of Lords was. Already her grandfather James Clifton Brown was four years member of the House of Commons.

She even did her schooling at St. George's School Ascot and at the Ivy House School in Wimbledon. In 1931 she married the lawyer and conservative politician Harry Hylton -Foster. This was between 1950 and his death in 1965 also the House of Representative, 1954-1959 Solicitor General of England and Wales, and from 1959 until his death like his father-in speaker of the house.

Audrey Hylton -Foster was involved for many years in the Red Cross Society of Great Britain and was initially from 1950 to 1960 director of the Red Cross in Chelsea as well as 1960-1983 chairman of the Red Cross of London.

After the death of her husband on September 2, 1965, she was raised by a Letters Patent of December 7, 1965 due to the Life peerages Act 1958 as Life Peeress with the title Baroness Hylton -Foster, of the City of Westminster to the peerage, and was thus until her death in the House of Lords as a member. On December 15, 1965 their introduction ( Introduction) took place in the House of Lords.

In 1974 she was succeeded by William Strang as chairman ( convener ) of non-party members of the House of Lords, the so-called Cross Bencher. This function she had over twenty years until it was replaced by Bernard Weatherill 1995. Recognition of their services was Baroness Hylton -Foster beyond 1990 called to Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire.