Nora David, Baroness David
Nora Ratcliff David, Baroness David (née Blakesley; 23 September 1913 – 29 November 2009) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer.
Born Nora Ratcliff Blakesley, the daughter of a merchant, she was educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Girls' Grammar School and at Saint Felix School, Southwold before going up to Newnham College, Cambridge to study English graduating in 1935. In the same year, she married Richard William David (died 1993) with whom she had two sons and two daughters.
She was a
She was raised to the life peerage as Baroness David, of Romsey in the City of
Baroness David was an active member of the House of Lords. On Wednesday 31 January 2007, she slipped and fell down an escalator on the Parliamentary Estate, and was subsequently rushed to hospital.[3] Shortly after the fall she retired to Cornwall.[4] She died on 29 November 2009, aged 96, and was survived by two sons and two daughters.[5]
References
- ^ "No. 47524". The London Gazette. 4 May 1978. p. 5191.
- Edinburgh Gazette. HMSO. 5 May 1978. p. 451. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- Times Newspapers. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
External links
- Baroness David - Daily Telegraph obituary
