Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton
The Baroness Ritchie of Brompton | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
In office 25 June 2010 โ 24 April 2012 | |
Nominator | David Cameron |
Personal details | |
Born | Shireen Olive Folkard 22 June 1945 |
Died | 24 April 2012 (aged 66) |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | John Williams John Vivian Ritchie |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | St Mary's Gate School, Southbourne, Dorset |
Shireen Olive Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton (
Politics
Shireen Ritchie was a
While she was chair of LGA's Family and Children's Services in 2010, the department underwent an effort to reduce paperwork to "ease the pressure on social workers and increase the quality of care offered to children."[9] She was a member of the Family Justice Review Panel.
On 25 June 2010, Ritchie was created a life peer as Baroness Ritchie of Brompton, of Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,[10] and she was introduced in the House of Lords on 29 June 2010.[11]
Personal life
Born Shireen Olive Folkard, she spent her early life in Yemen where her father was a British diplomat. After attending St Mary's Gate School, Southbourne, Dorset, she worked as a fashion model until her marriage.[12]
She had a son by her first marriage[13] to John Williams.[citation needed] Her second marriage was to the advertising executive John Vivian Ritchie, becoming stepmother to his children Tabitha Ritchie and Guy Ritchie.[14][15]
Ritchie died on 24 April 2012, aged 66, having been suffering from cancer.[16]
References
- ^ "Dissolution honours: the full list of new peers". The Telegraph. 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
Shireen Ritchie, councillor in Kensington & Chelsea and step-mother of Guy Ritchie, the film director.
- ^ Councillor Ritchie dies. "Councillor Ritchie dies โ Kensington & Chelsea Chronicle". Kensington.londoninformer.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "NCB comment on the death of president Baroness Shireen Ritchie". National Children's Bureau. 26 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-215-53021-9.
- ISBN 978-0-215-54389-9.
- ISBN 978-0-415-36682-3.
- ISBN 978-0-7456-4857-6.
- ISBN 978-0-415-36682-3.
- ^ Williams, Rachel (10 June 2010). "Overhaul of child protection will put social workers back on frontline". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ^ "No. 59475". The London Gazette. 30 June 2010. p. 12359.
- ^ House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings of Tuesday 29 June 2010.
- ^ "Obituaries; Baroness Ritchie of Brompton". The Daily Telegraph. 26 April 2012.
- Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-7567-7943-6.
- ISBN 978-0-7876-5348-4.
- ^ "Baroness Ritchie of Brompton". The Times. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
Further reading
- "Biography of Councillor Shireen Ritchie, Cabinet Member for Family and Children's Services, The Royal Borough of Kensington And Chelsea" (PDF). The Infant Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- Obituary, Daily Telegraph. Accessed 3 January 2023.