Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour
Elizabeth Patricia Carnegie of Lour, Baroness Carnegie of Lour FRSA, DL ( born April 28, 1925 in London, † 9 November 2010) was a British farmer, academic and politician of the Conservative Party.
Life and career
Carnegie was born in 1925 as the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Ughtred Carnegie of Lour and his wife Violet Henderson in London. She was a descendant of Patrick Carnegie of Lour, the third son of David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk. She attended Downham School in Essex.
From 1943 to 1946 she worked at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. In 1947 she joined the Girl Guides Association.
Later she held various offices in the regional administration. From 1956 to 1963, she was District Administrator ( County Commissioner) for Angus and 1958-1962 Training Manager (Training Advisor) for Scotland. When Commonwealth Headquarters she was from 1963 to 1965 also head of training. From 1971 to 1984 she was there for Angus President and 1979-1989 President there for Scotland.
From 1967 to 1975 she was co-opted member of the Angus County Council Education Committee. Carnegie was Chairman of the Working Party on Professional Training in Community Education Scotland. From 1979 to 1983 she was a member (Member) of the Scottish Council for Tertiary Education. From 1980 to 1983 she was president ( chairman ) of the Manpower Services Commission Committee for Scotland from 1980 to 1983 Member of the Scottish Economic Council. In 1981, she was Chairman ( Chair ) of the Scottish Council for Community Education, where she was a member since 1978 and in 1984 a member of the Board of Directors ( Administration Council) of the Royal Jubilee Trust. These two offices they had held until 1988. From 1974 to 1982 she was a member of Tayside Regional Council. From 1990 to 1993 she was Chair ( Chair ) of the Tayside Committee on Medical Research Ethics.
She was one of the Visiting Committee of Nora Side Borstal Institution and from 1984 to 1996 member of the Board of Directors ( Council) and the Finance Committee of the Open University, and from 1991 to 1996 a member of the governing body (Court) of the University of St Andrews.
Membership in the House of Lords
In recognition of her service to the common good, it was proposed by Margaret Thatcher on Life Peer. Carnegie was appointed on 14 July 1982 Baroness Carnegie of Lour, of Lour in the District of Angus. On November 16, 1982, she held her inaugural speech.
As subjects of political interest, it stated in its parliamentary biography universities, affairs, affairs of Scotland, medical ethics, constitutional issues, healthcare and Rural Affairs.
From 1982 to 2000 she was a member of various committees of inquiry in matters of European legislation (European Legislation Scrutiny Committees ). From 2001 to 2005 she was a member of the Special Committee ( Select Committee ) Delegated Legislation and Regulatory Reform.
For the last time she went to work on 12 May 2009 to word and took on the same day for the last time in part in a vote. She was since July 6, 2010 again permanently on leave due to a granted by the House of Lords Leave of Absence.
Other offices and honors
From 1969 to 1984 she was Honorary Sheriff ( Honorary Sheriff) of Angus. From 1988 to 2001 she was Deputy Lieutenant of Angus.
The University of Dundee in 1991 she was awarded an honorary doctorate in law ( Hon LLD); In 1997 she received this award from the University of St Andrews. In 1998, she was honored by the Open University with an Honorary Doctor of the University ( Hon DUniv ).
1993 Carnegie Honorary Fellow of the Scottish Community Education Council was formed. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts ( FRSA ).
Since 1989 she was an honorary member of the Scottish Library Association. Carnegie was a member of the Association of Conservative Peers. From 1990 to 1994 she was there Deputy Chairman ( Vice-Chairman ).
Personal and death
From 1956 to 1989 she ran its own agriculture. She took over in 1973 by her father, the family estate, and built it, among other things together with her nephew, one of the most respected and well -run farms in Scotland from.
David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk, who was a member of the House of Lords since 1994, was one of her distant relatives.
Carnegie was unmarried. She had a sister. Most recently, she lived in a nursing home. Carnegie died on 9 November 2010 at the age of 85 years.