Veronica Wadley, Baroness Fleet
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Born | Veronica Judith Colleton Wadley 28 February 1952 Chelsea, London, England |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Veronica Judith Colleton Wadley, Baroness Fleet,
Prior to this, she was the editor of the Evening Standard (2002–2009) and previously deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph.
Early life and career
Wadley was born in Chelsea to Lieutenant Colonel Neville Pierce Wadley, MC, and Anne, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hautayne Bowring, Royal Field Artillery, of a landed gentry family of Larkbeare, Exeter descended from Sir John Bowring, fourth Governor of Hong Kong. Anne's maternal grandfather was Sir Robert Colleton, 9th Baronet.[1][2][3]
She was educated at the independent
Editor of the Evening Standard
A journalist, Wadley was editor of London's
The newspaper was particularly critical of the then London Mayor,
Subsequent career
As chair of Arts Council London, Wadley acts as an advocate and ambassador for the Arts Council to champion, support and develop art and culture across the city. Arts Council London supports a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to dance, music, literature and art and oversees the budget for London. Wadley was appointed in 2012 as a senior advisor to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, advising on the Olympic Legacy and was instrumental in setting up Team London which won European Volunteering Capital 2016 for its work with young people. She oversaw the delivery of youth volunteering and employment programmes and co-ordinated the Mayor's relationship with London's diverse charities. She also developed new strategy for business relationships and sponsorship for the Greater London Authority.
Wadley has been heavily involved in promoting and supporting music and the arts in London. She has also been involved in raising funds for several charities. She is a Founder Trustee of the London Music Fund (formerly the Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians, an independent charity supporting music education for children from low income families in London) and was its chair from 2012 to 2016. She is also a Governor of the Yehudi Menuhin School (2012–present). The school develops the musical potential of exceptionally gifted young musicians. Since 2009, she has been an advisor at Greenhouse Sports. Greenhouse is a charity set up in 2002 to provide sports programmes for London secondary schools and academies in areas of high unemployment. She was a member of the GLA Music Education Advisory Board (2010–2016) which helped promote music education in London. She currently chairs a panel that is examining a National Plan for Music Education, which will be released in 2022.[9]
Previously she was a trustee of Northern Ballet (2009–2013) and advisory board member of Arts and Business (2009–2012) and conference chair of Editorial Intelligence (2009–2010).
She was appointed a
Personal life
Veronica Wadley has been married to the investigative journalist Tom Bower since 1985. The couple have two children, a boy and a girl. She also has two stepsons from her husband's first marriage.
Notes and references
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, p. 1439
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, vol. 3, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd
- ^ Visitation of England and Wales, vol. 20, ed. Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1919, p. 8
- ^ a b Dennis Griffiths (ed.) "Wadley, Veronica" in The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992, London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 575
- ^ "Veronica Wadley to step down" Archived 7 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The Evening Standard, 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009
- ^ Chris Tryhorn "Livingstone: Daily Mail is reprehensible", The Guardian, 15 February 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ Nicholas Watt and Sam Jones "Boris eyes Ken's crown, with the help of some powerful friends", The Guardian, Friday 25 April 2008, page 8, para 8.
- ^ Veronica Wadley "Ex-Evening Standard editor Veronica Wadley's verdict on paper's new regime", The Guardian, 11 May 2009.
- ^ "Panel of experts to shape future of music education". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
External links
- "The Standard Bearer", interview in The Guardian, 7 June 2004