Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster

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Grave of the married couple Harry Hylton-Foster and Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster in Surrey

Audrey Pellew Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster DBE (birth name: Audrey Pellew Clifton Brown ; born May 19, 1908 , † October 31, 2002 ) was a British politician who in 1965 as a Life Peeress under the Life Peerages Act 1958 member of the House of Lords , and was between 1974 and 1995 chairman ( convenor ) of the independent members of the House of Lords, the so-called Crossbencher .

Life

Audrey Clifton Brown was the only daughter of Douglas Clifton Brown , who as the representative of the Conservative Party from 1918 to 1951 with a short interruption Member of the House of Commons and from 1943 to 1951 the House speaker ( Speaker of the House of Commons ) was well after leaving from the House of Commons in 1951 when Viscount Ruffside, of Hexham in Northumberland became a member of the House of Lords. Her grandfather James Clifton Brown was a member of the lower house for four years.

She herself completed her education at St. George's Ascot School and at the Ivy House School in Wimbledon . In 1931 she married the lawyer and Conservative politician Harry Hylton-Foster . Between 1950 and his death in 1965 he was also a member of the House of Commons, between 1954 and 1959 Solicitor General of England and Wales and from 1959 until his death, like his father-in-law, Speaker of the House of Commons.

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

After the death of her husband on September 2, 1965, she was raised to the nobility by a letters patent dated December 7, 1965 under the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a Life Peeress with the title Baroness Hylton-Foster , of the City of Westminster, and belonged to the nobility thus remained a member of the House of Lords until her death. On December 15, 1965 was made its introduction ( Introduction ) in the upper house.

In 1974 she succeeded William Strang as chairman ( convenor ) of the non-party members of the upper house, the so-called Crossbencher. She held this position for more than twenty years until she was replaced by Bernard Weatherill in 1995. For her services, Baroness Hylton-Foster was also appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1990 .

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  1. ↑ Hansard of December 15, 1965
personal data
SURNAME Hylton-Foster, Audrey, Baroness Hylton-Foster
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hylton-Foster, Audrey Pellew, Baroness Hylton-Foster (full name); Clifton Brown, Audrey Pellew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1908
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2002