Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids
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Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, OBE
(born 10 January 1931) is a Labour
member of the House of Lords
.
She was made a Life peer
as Baroness Howells of St Davids, of Charlton in the London Borough of Greenwich
in 1999. The name St Davids refers to the parish in Grenada
where she was brought up, to the south east of the Island. She has complemented the Howells family of Wales in taking the peerage name St Davids, perhaps unwittingly, since the patron
saint of Wales is indeed St David.
Howells was educated at St Joseph's Convent, South West London College and City College in Washington DC. In 1955, she married John Charles Howells and they have two daughters.
Her career background includes being the Director of the Greenwich
Racial Equality Council as well as a Community and Equal Opportunities Worker. Baroness Howells is a trustee of the Stephen Lawrence
Charitable Trust, and served as the unofficial advisor to the Lawrence family.
Howells was the first black woman to sit on the GLC's Training Board; the first female member of the Court of Governors of the University of Greenwich and was the Vice Chair at the London Voluntary Services Council. She has worked with the Carnival Liaison Committee, and the Greater London Action in Race Equality and has been an active campaigner for justice in the field of race relations.
In March 2009 she was inaugurated as the Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire
in Luton
.
Order of the British Empire
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(born 10 January 1931) is a Labour
Labour Party (UK)
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member of the House of Lords
House of Lords
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.
She was made a Life peer
Life peer
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as Baroness Howells of St Davids, of Charlton in the London Borough of Greenwich
London Borough of Greenwich
The London Borough of Greenwich is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England. Taking its name from the historic town of Greenwich, the present borough was formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich with part of the Metropolitan...
in 1999. The name St Davids refers to the parish in Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
where she was brought up, to the south east of the Island. She has complemented the Howells family of Wales in taking the peerage name St Davids, perhaps unwittingly, since the patron
Patrón
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saint of Wales is indeed St David.
Howells was educated at St Joseph's Convent, South West London College and City College in Washington DC. In 1955, she married John Charles Howells and they have two daughters.
Her career background includes being the Director of the Greenwich
Greenwich
Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...
Racial Equality Council as well as a Community and Equal Opportunities Worker. Baroness Howells is a trustee of the Stephen Lawrence
Stephen Lawrence
Stephen Lawrence was a black British teenager from Eltham, southeast London, who was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus on the evening of 22 April 1993....
Charitable Trust, and served as the unofficial advisor to the Lawrence family.
Howells was the first black woman to sit on the GLC's Training Board; the first female member of the Court of Governors of the University of Greenwich and was the Vice Chair at the London Voluntary Services Council. She has worked with the Carnival Liaison Committee, and the Greater London Action in Race Equality and has been an active campaigner for justice in the field of race relations.
In March 2009 she was inaugurated as the Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire
University of Bedfordshire
The University of Bedfordshire is based in Luton and Bedford, the two largest towns in the English county of Bedfordshire. The university was created by the merger of the University of Luton and the Bedford campus of De Montfort University on 1 August 2006 following approval by the Privy Council...
in Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
.
External links
- Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 25 October 1999