Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon
The Right Honourable The Baroness Miller of Hendon | |
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![]() Miller in Parliament in 2012 | |
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
In office 21 July 1994 – 2 May 1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | The Lord Annaly |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Gould of Potternewton |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 14 October 1993 – 21 June 2014 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 June 1933 |
Died | 21 June 2014 (aged 81) |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon, MBE (née Feldman; 13 June 1933 – 21 June 2014) was a British politician (Conservative Party).[1]
Life
Miller attained an LL.B. in 1957 at the London School of Economics.[2]
Miller was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours for services to women's rights.[3]
She served as a Government Whip from 1994 to 1997 and as Opposition Whip from 1997 to 1999. From 1995 to 1997 she served as Government Spokesperson for health and from 1996 to 1997 for Education and Employment.
She was created a life peer on 14 October 1993 as Baroness Miller of Hendon, of Gore in the London Borough of Barnet.[4]
Baroness Miller was the Chairman of the charity Attend[5] (then National Association of Hospital and Community Friends) from 1998 to 2003. When she retired in 2003, she was honored as a vice president and held that position until she died in 2014.
From 2002 she was Vice-chair of the Israel Group. She also sat on the House of Lords Information Committee and an EU Sub-Committee[6]
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References
- ^ O'Neill, Natalie. "Tributes paid to 'stalwart' women's right advocate and House of Lords life peer (From Times Series)". Times-series.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "LSE Alumni - Obituaries". Alumni.lse.ac.uk. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "No. 51981". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1989. p. 14.
- ^ "No. 53462". The London Gazette. 20 October 1993. p. 16835.
- ^ "VIPs". Attend.org. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Baroness Miller of Hendon - UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 2003.
- ^ Duncan Sutherland. "Arms and the Woman: The Heraldry of Women Parliamentarians" (PDF). The Heraldry Society. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
External links
- "Baroness Miller of Hendon". TheyWorkForYou. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- "Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon, Lords House". Spoke. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- "Voting Record — Baroness Miller of Hendon (13546) — The Public Whip". Publicwhip.org.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- "Ms Doreen Miller (Hansard)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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