Valerie Ann Amos,Baroness Amos,is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN,she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997,serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council from 2003 to 2007.
Elizabeth Conway Symons,Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean is a British politician and trade unionist. A member of the Labour Party,she was Minister of State for the Middle East from 2001 to 2005. She is former General Secretary of the FDA Trade Union and has served as the Chair of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) since 2010.
Barbara Scott Young,Baroness Young of Old Scone,is a Scottish Labour member of the House of Lords. She was created a life peer on 4 November 1997 as Baroness Young of Old Scone,of Old Scone in Perth and Kinross.
Onora Sylvia O'Neill,Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve,is a British philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Robert Haldane Smith,Baron Smith of Kelvin,is a British businessman and former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Smith was knighted in 1999,appointed to the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer in 2008,and appointed Knight of the Thistle in the 2014 New Year Honours. He was also appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2016.
Susan Mary Woodford-Hollick,Baroness Hollick OBE is a British businesswoman and consultant with a wide-ranging involvement in broadcasting and the arts. A former investigative journalist,she worked for many years in television,where her roles included producer/director of World in Action for Granada TV and founding commissioning editor of Multicultural Programmes for Channel Four. As a campaigner for human rights,world health,literacy,and the arts,she serves as trustee or patron of a range of charities and foundations. She is founder and co-director of Bringing up Baby Ltd,a childcare company. Other causes and organisations with which she is associated include the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF),the Leader's Quest Foundation,Complicitétheatre company,Reprieve,the Free Word Centre,the Runnymede Trust and the SI Leeds Literary Prize. Of English and Trinidadian heritage,she is the wife of Clive Hollick,Baron Hollick,with whom she has three daughters.
Sarah Virginia Brinton,Baroness Brinton,known as Sal Brinton,is a British politician who served as president of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2020. In November 2010 she was nominated to the House of Lords,taking her place on 10 February 2011 having been created Baroness Brinton,of Kenardington in the County of Kent on 4 February. After Jo Swinson lost her seat at the 2019 United Kingdom general election,Brinton and Sir Ed Davey became acting co-leaders of the Liberal Democrats. After Brinton's term as party president ended,her successor Mark Pack also succeeded her as acting co-leader with Davey. Davey was elected as permanent leader of the party in 2020.
Sally Morgan,Baroness Morgan of Huyton,is a British Labour Party politician,and Master of Fitzwilliam College,Cambridge. She is the former Chair of Ofsted.
Pauline Perry,Baroness Perry of Southwark is an educator,educationist,academic,and activist. She is a Conservative politician and was for 25 years a working member of the British House of Lords. In 1981 she became Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England. In 1986 she became Vice-Chancellor of South Bank Polytechnic,and serving during its transition to a university,became the first woman in history to run a British university.
Margaret Omolola Young,Baroness Young of Hornsey is a British actress,author,crossbench peer,and Chancellor of the University of Nottingham.
Timothy Francis Clement-Jones,Baron Clement-Jones,is a Liberal Democrat peer and spokesman for the digital economy in the House of Lords.
Diana Catherine Eccles,Viscountess Eccles DL is a British Conservative peer and businesswoman.
Angela Felicity Harris,Baroness Harris of Richmond,is a Liberal Democrat life peer and formerly a Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
Rosalind Carol "Ros" Scott,Baroness Scott of Needham Market is a British Liberal Democrat politician,non-executive director of the National Archives and a member of the House of Lords. Baroness Scott was president of the Liberal Democrats between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2010 and was succeeded by Tim Farron.
The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity based in London,England,that promotes literacy.
Andrew Zelig Stone,Baron Stone of Blackheath is a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords.
Janet Alison Whitaker,Baroness Whitaker is a British politician with the Labour Party.
Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe,Baroness Neville-Rolfe is a British businesswoman and politician serving as Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she has served in ministerial positions under prime ministers David Cameron,Theresa May,Liz Truss,and Rishi Sunak. In December 2021,she was appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to lead the statutory review into the state pension age.
Kate Harriet Alexandra Rock,Baroness Rock,,is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. Formerly Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party with special responsibility for business engagement,she was nominated for a life peerage in August 2015.
As part of the British honours system,Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative,operational honours,political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
