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
Official portrait, 2020
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
Assumed office
15 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJoanna Penn, Baroness Penn
In office
12 August 2019  13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Goldie
Succeeded byThe Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
In office
11 June 2017  29 March 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord O'Shaughnessy
Succeeded byThe Baroness Manzoor
In office
14 May 2015  21 December 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byThe Baroness Williams of Trafford
Succeeded byThe Lord O'Shaughnessy
Member of the House of Lords
Lords Temporal
Assumed office
23 October 2014
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1951-12-23) 23 December 1951
Political partyConservative

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

  1. "Lords Hansard text for 17 Nov 2014 (pt 0001)". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. "Chisholm, Colin, (born 4 Oct. 1949), Investment Director, Rathbones, 2014–17". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. "Chisholm of Owlpen, Baroness, (Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Chisholm) (born 23 Dec. 1951)". Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. "No. 60994". The London Gazette. 22 September 2014. p. 18358.
  5. "Parliamentary career for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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