Sara Morrison

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Antoinette Sara Frances Sibell Morrison , née Long, (born August 9, 1934 in London , England ) is a manager and conservative British politician.

Life

A longtime Tory politician, Sara Morrison was vice-chairwoman of the Conservative Party from 1971 to 1975. In 1975 she moved to the General Electric Company and was a director from 1980 to March 1988. She was a board member of The Fourth Channel Television Co (1980–85), Imperial Group (1982–86), Carlton Television Ltd (1991–99), Kleinwort Charter Investment Trust PLC, New Millennium Experience Ltd (1997-2001), and Abbey National Building Society (1979-95). She was director of Charter European Trust plc from 1993 to 2002. In the National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO), the umbrella organization for voluntary organizations, she was vice-chairman (1970-77) and board member (1977-87).

She was a member of the UK Round Table for Sustainable Development (1995–98) and the Advisory Board of the Family Policy Studies Center (1989–97).

From 1986 to 2001 she was a member of the Board of Directors of Imperial College London . In 2004 she assumed the office of Council Chairperson at the University of Bath . She has honorary doctorates from De Montfort University and the Universities of Coventry and Buckingham .

For many years she also volunteered in Wiltshire , where she lives on her farm. She also has a residence in London.

From 1998 to 2002 she was Chair of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) in Great Britain and was elected to the board of the World Wide Fund For Nature International . In 2000 she became Vice President of WWF International and then served as its President until 2001.

Sara Morrison married Sir Charles Morrison in 1954. In 1984 the divorce took place. Her son and daughter were born out of this marriage.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hon. Antoinette Sara Frances Sibell Long on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b The Hon Sara Morrison. on: debretts.com . Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  3. ^ A b Advisory Board: The Hon. Sara Morrison FRSA.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: hepi.ac.uk.Retrieved April 6, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hepi.ac.uk  
  4. ^ Presidents - past and present: The Hon. Mrs Sara Morrison. ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from: wwf.panda.org Retrieved April 6, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wwf.panda.org
  5. ↑ Sir Charles Morrison. In: The Times. May 13, 2005. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Morrison, Sara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morrison, Antoinette Sara Frances Sibell (full name); Long, Sara (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and manager, former President of WWF
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England