Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
Caroline Elizabeth "Carlyn" Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (born 23 December 1951), is a UK life peeress and member of the House of Lords, where she currently sits on the Conservative benches.
The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2020 | |
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
Assumed office 15 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn |
In office 12 August 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Baroness Goldie |
Succeeded by | The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay |
In office 11 June 2017 – 29 March 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | The Lord O'Shaughnessy |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Manzoor |
In office 14 May 2015 – 21 December 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | The Baroness Williams of Trafford |
Succeeded by | The Lord O'Shaughnessy |
Member of the House of Lords Lords Temporal | |
Assumed office 23 October 2014 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 December 1951 |
Political party | Conservative |
Life
The only daughter of John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield,[1] and Pamela Wyndham, Lady Egremont, her elder brother, Max Egremont, succeeded to the family titles.
The Hon. Carlyn Wyndham married in 1976, Colin Chisholm, son of Archibald Chisholm CBE.[2] They have two sons and one daughter.[3]
She was made a life peer on 16 September 2014 as Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, of Owlpen in the County of Gloucestershire.[4] She sits in the House of Lords as a Conservative Party peer.[5] She has been a baroness-in-waiting (a type of government whip) from 2015 to 2016, 2017 to 2018, 2019 to 2020, and since 2021.[5][3] She was a Lords spokesperson for the Cabinet Office in 2016.[3]
See also
References
- "Lords Hansard text for 17 Nov 2014 (pt 0001)". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- "Chisholm, Colin, (born 4 Oct. 1949), Investment Director, Rathbones, 2014–17". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- "Chisholm of Owlpen, Baroness, (Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Chisholm) (born 23 Dec. 1951)". Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- "No. 60994". The London Gazette. 22 September 2014. p. 18358.
- "Parliamentary career for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2021.