Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The Right Honourable The Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE PC FRSA
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee
In office 1 July 2019 – 31 January 2023
Preceded by	The Lord Howell of Guildford
Succeeded by	The Lord Ashton of Hyde
Minister of State for Exiting the European Union
In office 12 June 2017 – 27 October 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	David Jones
Succeeded by	The Lord Callanan
Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth
In office 6 August 2014 – 12 June 2017
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May
Preceded by	The Baroness Warsi
Succeeded by	The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State for International Development
In office 13 July 2016 – 14 October 2016
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	The Lord Bates
Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office 12 May 2010 – 6 August 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Bassam of Brighton
Succeeded by	The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Cope of Berkeley
Succeeded by	The Lord Bassam of Brighton
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 1996 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Joyce Anne Clarke (1947-07-17) 17 July 1947 (age 77) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Richard Anelay ​ (m. 1970)​
Alma mater	University of Bristol University of London Brunel University

Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, DBE, PC, FRSA (born 17 July 1947), is a British Conservative Party politician, previously serving as Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2014 to June 2017. Anelay was appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union in the Second May ministry, after the 2017 reshuffle.^[1]

Anelay was Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 12 May 2010 until 6 August 2014, having previously been Opposition Chief Whip prior to the 2010 general election.^[2]