Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham
Patricia Lesley Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham PC DL ( May 24, 1941 - October 13, 2018 ) was a British politician who sat for Labor in the House of Lords .
She studied in Cambridge , California and New York and did her PhD in Oxford (MA, DPhil).
From 1967 to 1990 she was a lecturer in modern history and dean at the University of East Anglia in Norwich . From 1988 to 1991 she was the National Representative of English Heritage . She was married to the philosopher Martin Hollis until his death in 1998; they have two sons, one is the poet Matthew Hollis .
In the British general election in February 1974, she won the constituency of Great Yarmouth and again in October 1974 and in the 1979 election in Parliament. She was active in politics since 1968; from 1968 to 1991 she sat on Norwich City Council. Hollis worked for the Press Council from 1988 to 1990 and was director of Radio Broadland from 1983 to 1997 .
On June 1, 1990, Hollis was promoted to Life Peeress as Baroness Hollis of Heigham , of Heigham in the City of Norwich . From 1990 to 1995 she was the opposition whip in the House of Lords and from 1990 spokeswoman for Housing, Local Government, the Environment, Disability and Social Security . During her time at the house she was u. a. actively involved in the adoption of the law on the division of pension rights in the event of divorce.
From 1997 to 2005 she was Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Labor and Pensions. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1999 and later was Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk .
She was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society , an Honorary Fellow of Girton College, and the author of several books on the history of women and the world of work. Her book Jennie Lee: a life won the Orwell Prize and the Wolfson History Prize in 1998 . In 2001 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Open University .
controversy
She was criticized when it became known that she and her partner Baron Howarth lived in the immediate vicinity but had both settled expenses to the House of Lords. They were one of the few couples who both held titles of nobility in their own right.
Web links
- Patricia Lesley Wells, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 17, 2015.
- Who's Who 2008
Individual evidence
- ^ Death of a Member: Baroness Hollis of Heigham. UK Parliament pronouncement of October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Hon. Matthew Hollis on thepeerage.com , accessed August 17, 2015.
- ↑ Mail on Sunday, December 21, 2008
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| SURNAME | Hollis, Patricia, Baroness Hollis of Heigham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hollis, Patricia Lesley, Baroness Hollis of Heigham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of the House of Commons, who sits for Labor in the House of Lords |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1941 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2018 |