Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte
Lord Temporal | |
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| In office 7 December 1964 – 1 September 2000 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1908 |
| Died | 1 September 2000 (aged 92) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Queen Anne's School |
Barbara Muriel Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte,
Personal life
Baroness Brooke was the youngest of five children of a
On 22 April 1933, she married fellow Conservative, Henry Brooke; the couple had four children:
- Peter Leonard Brooke (1934–2023), later The Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, a Conservative politician.
- Lord Justice of Appeal.
- Honor Leslie Brooke (born 1941), married Thomas Nigel Miller.
- Margaret Hilary Diana Brooke (born 1944), married James Pulfer.
Career
After having started a family, Brooke entered politics in 1948, when she became a member of Hampstead Council,[1][2] a seat she held until 1965;[2] she also was a Joint Vice-chairman of the Conservative Party from 1954 to 1964.[2] She had also been active in a number of health organisations in her lifetime, including being a member of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board from 1954 to 1966,[2] chair of The Queen's Institute of District Nursing from 1961 to 1971[2] and the North London Hospital Management Committee from 1963 to 1966.
Honours
In the
References
- ^ "Obituaries - Baroness Brooke". The Guardian. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituaries - Lady Brooke of Ystradfellte". The Daily Telegraph. 5 September 2000. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "No. 41909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1959. p. 10.
- ^ "No. 43511". The London Gazette. 8 December 1964. p. 10447.
- ^ "No. 44059". The London Gazette. 21 July 1966. p. 8227.
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