Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe

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Annie Patricia Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe , née Perry, former Rawdon Smith (born July 16, 1915 in Birkenhead , † November 6, 1997 in Colchester ) was a British politician. She was the first woman as Chief Whip in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and was Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms during the Labor government from 1974 to 1979 .

Early years and personal matters

Annie Llewelyn-Davies was born as Annie Parry. She graduated from Girton College , Cambridge . In 1934 she married Alexander Francis Rawdon Smith, a physiology researcher. The marriage remained childless and was divorced. In 1943 she married Richard Llewelyn Davies . When he was raised to the life peer , the last name was provided with a hyphen. The couple had three daughters.

Political career

In 1940 Annie Llewelyn-Davies entered public administration and served in the Ministry of War Transport , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the Commonwealth Relations Office . She ran for the British Parliament three times without success. In 1967 she was promoted to Life Peer with the title Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe , of Hastoe in the County of Hertford . Between 1969 and 1970 she was parliamentary group leader (Chief Whip) of the government in the House of Lords and from 1972 Chief Whip of the opposition. This made her the first woman to hold this post in both chambers of parliament. When the Labor Party returned to government responsibility, it became Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (Government Chief Whip) in 1974 and Privy Council (Privy Councilor) in 1975 . From 1979 to 1982 Annie Llewelyn-Davies was again Chief Whip of the opposition and from 1982 to 1987 Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords , an office equivalent to that of the chairman of the European Communities Committee .

death

Annie died on November 6, 1997 at the age of 82 in Colchester in the home of former Conservative Minister Lord Alport , who had cared for her during the last years of her life. The couple had kept their relationship, which they formed in 1983 after the death of their previous partners, a secret, as Annie Llewelyn-Davies feared it would politically harm Cuthbert Alport. That was why she had refused to marry him. Alport died a few months after her.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Mark Pottle: Davies, Annie Patricia Llewelyn-, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe (1915-1997) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. October 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b c Llewelyn-Davies Of Hastoe, Baroness . In: Who's Who . Oxford University Press . December 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 44396, HMSO, London, August 29, 1967, p. 9499 ( PDF , accessed October 20, 2012, English).
  4. ^ House of Lords : Companion to the standing orders and guide to the proceedings of the House of Lords . 25th edition. The Stationery Office, 2010, ISBN 978-0-10-847241-1 , pp. 25 .
  5. ↑ Julia Langdon: "Love across the Woolsack" . In: The Guardian, March 8, 1999. Retrieved October 20, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Llewelyn-Davies, Annie, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Llewelyn-Davies, Annie Patricia, Baron Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe; Rawdon Smith, Annie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Birkenhead , England , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1997
Place of death Colchester , England , UK