Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood
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The Baroness Thomas of Walliswood | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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| Born | Susan Petronella Arrow Script error: No such module "person date". |
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| Party | Liberal Democrat |
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David Churchill Thomas
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| Children | 3, including Diana |
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Susan Petronella Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood, OBE, DL (20 December 1935 – 6 October 2023) was a British businesswoman and Liberal Democrat politician.
Early life and education
Thomas was the daughter of John Arrow and Ebba Fordham. She was educated at Cranborne Chase School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1957.
Career
Thomas worked for the National Economic Development Office from 1971 to 1974 and was chief executive of the Council of Europe of the British Clothing Industries from 1974 to 1978. Between 1985 and 1994, she was a school governor.
Thomas contested Mole Valley for the SDP-Liberal Alliance in the 1983 and 1987 general elections, finishing second of three candidates on both occasions, and receiving 14,973 votes (30.7%) and 15,613 votes (29.9%) respectively.[1][2] She also stood in Surrey for the Liberal Democrats in the 1994 European Parliament election, but failed to be elected.
Personal life and death
In 1958, she had married David Churchill Thomas. They have three daughters, including the author Tom Cain.
Baroness Thomas died on 6 October 2023, at the age of 87.[3]
Honours
In the 1989 Birthday Honours, Thomas was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for political service".[4] Thomas was appointed in January 1996 a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey.[5]
On 6 October 1994, she was created a life peer as Baroness Thomas of Walliswood, of Dorking in the County of Surrey.[6] She sat in the House of Lords until 18 May 2016, at which point she ceased to be a member pursuant to section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, having failed to attend during the whole of the 2015–16 session without being on leave of absence.[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1983 General Election - Mole Valley". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1987 General Election - Mole Valley". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Susan Petronella Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood OBE, DL". The Times. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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External links
- Baroness Thomas of Walliswood profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DodOnline". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2007.
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