Jean Denton, Baroness Denton of Wakefield

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Jean Denton, Baroness Denton of Wakefield , CBE (born December 29, 1935 in West Yorkshire , † February 5, 2001 ) was a British industry manager and politician of the Conservative Party . Since 1991 she was a Life Peeress member of the House of Lords .

Life

Family, education and career

Jean Denton, Baroness Denton of Wakefield was born under the real name Jean Moss as the daughter of Charles J. Moss and his wife Kathleen Tuke in West Yorkshire. Her father worked as an administrative clerk in a hospital; her mother was a school cook. At the age of eight, she took a children's version of the Round Britain Quiz for Yorkshire County . She attended Rothwell Grammar School at Rothwell near Leeds in West Yorkshire. At the age of fourteen she became seriously ill with kidney infection and had to keep a bed rest prescribed by a doctor for over a year. After graduating from school, she received a scholarship and was able to study at the London School of Economics in London; There she graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.Econ.) in economics .

She began her career from 1959 to 1961 as "Communications Executive" in the marketing department of the consumer goods group Proctor & Gamble . From 1961 to 1964 she was a marketing consultant at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), an independent subsidiary of the magazine publishing group The Economist Group . She then worked from 1964 to 1966 as a marketing executive in the marketing department of the IPC Media publishing group . From 1966 to 1969 she managed the Hotel and Catering Department of the University of Surrey in Guildford in the county of Surrey .

Denton has dedicated himself to motor racing since the mid-1960s . In 1967 and 1968 she won the title of Britain's Woman Racing Champion . From 1969 to 1972 Denton interrupted her professional career and took part as a professional driver in various motorsport races. In 1969 she took part in the London – Sydney Marathon , where she was the only woman to cross the finish line in a sports car . In 1970 she took part in the World Cup rally through Europe and South America with an Austin Maxi , which ended in Mexico ; the riders were financially supported and sponsored by Woman Magazine .

After her professional career as a racing driver , Denton resumed her professional career, from then on she held management positions at several companies in the British automotive industry. She was Marketing Director at the Hampstead- based Huxford Garage Group (1972–1978) and the Heron Motor Group (1978–1980). She was then from 1980 to 1985 General Manager ( Managing Director ) of the British car rental company Herondrive. From 1985 to 1986 she was Director of External Affairs at the Austin Rover Group ; there she was responsible for the entire public relations work of the company. This made her the most senior female executive in the UK automotive industry. In 1987 she was the director ( Director ) at Burson-Marsteller .

Political career

Denton's political career began in 1985 when he became head of the Ordnance Survey ; there was from 1985 to 1988 director ( Director ). In 1987 she became Deputy Chairman of the Black Country Development Corporation; this had been commissioned by the British government to rebuild the industrial areas around Walsall , Sandwell and Wolverhampton and to find suitable investors. Denton subsequently became the director of several quasi-government agencies including the NHS Policy Board, the Teachers' Pay Review Board and the Board of British Nuclear Fuels . From 1987 to 1992 she was director there ( Director ) of British Nuclear Fuels.

You from 1992 to 1993, Michael Heseltine Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ( Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ) in the British Trade and Ministry of Economy (Department of Trade and Industry). In 1993 she was Parliamentary Undersecretary in the UK Department of Energy. From 1994 to 1997 she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office under the government of Prime Minister John Major . She was the first woman to hold ministerial political office with the Northern Ireland Office. Denton was initially in the areas of agriculture , health policy and Social ( Social Services responsible). She later became Economy Minister for Northern Ireland . In 1995, she represented the United Kingdom as the Department of Commerce at the Inter-governmental Conference on Ulster in Washington, DC .

Despite differing political camps and perspectives, she had a political and personal friendship with Mo Mowlam , Northern Ireland Minister of the Labor Party . Mowlan called Denton a "wonderful ambassador for the Northern Ireland cause" in a personal statement on Denton's death in 2001. Denton recognized the fundamental fact that for a lasting peace between the people of Northern Ireland it was essential that the people there had jobs.

Other offices

Denton held several other offices. She was a member of the Board of Directors ( Governor ) of the London School of Economics (1982–1991). She was Director ( Director ) of the London and Edinburgh Insurance Group (1989-1992). She was also Director ( Director ) at the British finance company Triplex Lloyd (1990-1992).

She was co-founder of Forum UK, the British section of the International Forum for Women , and President ( President ) of the aid organization Women on the Move against Cancer .

Membership in the House of Lords

On June 11, 1991, Denton was named a Life Peer and became a member of the House of Lords ; she carried the title Baroness Denton , of Wakefield, of Wakefield in the County of West Yorkshire. She had been proposed for the House of Lords by John Major. In the House of Lords she sat for the Conservative Party .

From 1991 to 1992, in her capacity as Parliamentary Director of the Conservative Party faction (Government Whip) in the House of Lords, she held the honorary position of “Baroness-in-Waiting” in terms of protocol. She was later in the House of Lords as the opposition spokeswoman for trade and economy (Trade and Industry Spokeswoman).

She gave her inaugural address on June 19, 1991. In her address she praised the economic achievements of the British workforce .

In the Hansard , Denton's contributions to the House of Lords from 1991 to 1999 are documented. In July 1999, she answered with a question during a debate on Northern Ireland policy ( Northern Ireland ) for the last time in the House of Lords to speak.

Awards and honors

In 1972 she became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM) and in 1974 a Fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry (FIMI). In 1987 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). In 1988 she became a member ( companion ) of the British Institute of Management (CBIM).

In 1990 she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Private

Jean Denton, b. Moss married Dr. Anthony A. Denton (Tony Denton), a marine engineer . From 1958 she was married to Denton . The marriage was divorced in 1974. After their divorce, Denton remained single for life and dedicated himself to her professional and political career.

In 1989 Denton became seriously ill with breast cancer ; however, she could be healed. In the fall of 1998, she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, which was finally surgically removed. Mo Mowlan, who was one of the first people to tell Denton of her illness, was her friend as she made her recovery after the operation. Denton died of complications from her cancer at the age of 65 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Jean Moss, Baroness Denton of Wakefield on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Lady Denton of Wakefield ; Obituary in: The Guardian, February 7, 2001.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Lady Denton of Wakefield ; Obituary in: The Daily Telegraph, February 7, 2001.
  4. ↑ Graham Robson: The Daily Mirror 1960 World Cup Rally , 2010, p. 48 (excerpts from Google Books)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Former minister Lady Denton dies obituary BBC News dated February 6, 2001.
  6. ^ Manufacturing Industry Text of the speech of June 19, 1991.
personal data
SURNAME Denton, Jean, Baroness Denton of Wakefield
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moss, Jean (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH West Yorkshire
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 2001