The Baroness Cox | |
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 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 2 March 1983 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Caroline Anne McNeill Love 6 July 1937 London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Cross-bench (2004–present) Conservative (until 2004) |
| Alma mater | University of London University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Caroline Anne Cox, Baroness Cox, FRCS, FRCN (born Caroline Anne McNeill Love; born 6 July 1937) is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords. She is also the founder of an organisation called Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART).[1] Cox was created a Life Peer in 1982 and was a deputy speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005, as well as being a minister in government. She was also a Baroness-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II. She was Founder Chancellor of Bournemouth University, Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University from 2006 to 2013, and is an Hon. Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing. She was a founder Trustee of MERLIN Medical Emergency Relief International.[2]
She is a prominent lay Anglican, closely identified with the conservative wing of the Church of England.[3] According to a biography by Andrew Boyd, she is a practising third-order Anglican Franciscan.[4]
- ^ "Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust".
- ^ "Anatomy of Innocence at the National Press Club May 1" (Press release). Washington DC: National Press Club. 19 April 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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