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The Baroness Hylton-Foster | |
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Convenor of the Crossbench Peers | |
In office 1974–1995 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Strang |
Succeeded by | The Lord Weatherill |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 7 December 1965 – 31 October 2002 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 May 1908 |
Died | 31 October 2002 | (aged 94)
Political party | Crossbench |
Spouse | Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster |
Audrey Pellew Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster DBE (née Brown; 19 May 1908 – 31 October 2002), was the daughter of Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside, and Violet Cicely Kathleen Wollaston. She married Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster, who had started a distinguished career at the Bar in 1931; they had no children.
Her great-grandparents were Charles Rowe, who was mixed race, due to being of African descent, and his Lima-born wife Sarah.[1][2]
Born in Simla, India, she was educated at St George's, Ascot, and Ivy House, Wimbledon. Both her father and husband served as Speaker of the House of Commons.