Evelyn Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve

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Evelyn Hester Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve DL JP (birth name: Evelyn Hester Blois * 19th February 1915 ; † 17th November 1999 ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party , which in 1971 due to the Life Peerages Act 1958 as Life Peeress member of the House of Lords was.

Life

Evelyn Blois, daughter of an Anglican clergyman, was her first marriage to Mervyn Charles Mason on July 3, 1937. After his death, he married Iain Macleod on January 25, 1941 , a later member of the Conservative Tories in the House of Commons , a minister in several governments and a publisher . She herself was 1955 magistrate ( Justice of Peace ) of Middlesex and was involved in 1967 as co-founder of Crisis at Christmas , a charity that is particularly at Christmastime to homeless care. After the unexpected death on July 20, 1970 of her husband Iain Macleod, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Edward Heath , she became a Life Peeress with the title Baroness at the suggestion of Prime Minister Heath through a letters patent dated July 4, 1971 MacLeod of Borve , of Borve in the Isle of Lewis, raised to the nobility and thus a member of the House of Lords until her death.

Baroness Macleod was also from 1971 to 1975 a member of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , between 1972 and 1977 member of the consumer council of the National Gas Company and 1977 Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London . She was also chairman of the National Association of Hospital Friends from 1973 to 1985 , and then served as president of that organization until 1990.

In addition, Baroness Macleod was President of the National Association of Widows from 1976 until her death in 1999 . She was also a member of the Energy Commission from 1977 to 1978 as well as the Metrication Board , which dealt with the introduction of the metric system of units in Great Britain.

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SURNAME Macleod, Evelyn, Baroness Macleod of Borve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Macleod, Evelyn Hester, Baroness Macleod of Borve (full name); Blois, Evelyn Hester (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1915
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1999