Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow

The Baroness Richardson
of Calow
Member of the House of Lords
In office
3 August 1998 – 20 December 2018
Nominated byTony Blair
Appointed byElizabeth II
President of the Methodist Conference
In office
1992–1993
Vice PresidentDr Edmund Marshall MP
Preceded byRonald W. C. Hoar
Succeeded byBrian Beck
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Margaret Fountain

(1938-02-24) 24 February 1938 (age 86)
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Helena School, Chesterfield
Alma mater
  • Stockwell College
  • Deaconess College, Ilkley
  • Wesley House, Cambridge
Known forFirst woman president of the British Methodist Conference

Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, OBE (born 24 February 1938[1]) is a British Methodist minister. Created a life peer in 1998,[2] she served as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until 2018.

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (1 December 2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (107th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage. ISBN 9780971196629.
  2. ^ "Baroness Kathleen Richardson of Calow". actionforchildren.org.uk. Action for Children. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.