The Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 6 September 2016 Life peerage | |
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit | |
In office 21 May 2015 – 13 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Jo Johnson |
Succeeded by | John Godfrey |
Personal details | |
Born | Hilary Camilla Cavendish 20 August 1968 |
Political party | Non-affiliated (since December 2016) Conservative (formerly) |
Spouse | Huw van Steenis |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Richard Cavendish J.M. Cavendish |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford (PPE) Harvard University (MPA) |
Hilary Camilla Cavendish, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice (born 20 August 1968) is a British journalist, contributing editor and columnist at The Financial Times, senior fellow at Harvard University[1][2] and former director of policy for Prime Minister David Cameron. Cavendish became a Conservative Member of the House of Lords in Cameron's resignation honours, but resigned the party whip in December 2016 to sit as a non-affiliated peer.[3]