The Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill | |
|---|---|
) Smith in 2018 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 17 February 1995 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1940 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | John Smith |
| Children | Sarah Smith |
| Alma mater | Glasgow University |
Elizabeth Margaret Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, DL (born 4 June 1940), is a British peer and patron of the arts. She is the widow of John Smith, the former Labour Party leader.
Born Elizabeth Margaret Bennett, Smith was educated at Hutchesons' Girls Grammar School and Glasgow University.[1]
Baroness Smith is president of Scottish Opera and served as chairman of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 1995 to 2012.[2] She is also a governor of the English-Speaking Union and a board member of the Centre for European Reform. Within a year of her husband's death, she was created a life peer as Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, of Gilmorehill in the District of the City of Glasgow on 17 February 1995.[3]
Smith received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1998.[4]
She has three daughters: Sarah Smith, the BBC Scotland editor, Jane, and Catherine.
References
- ^ "Baroness Elizabeth Smith of Gilmorehill". Birkbeck.
- ^ "The Scotsman".
- ^ "No. 53963". The London Gazette. 22 February 1995. p. 2512.
- ^ webperson@hw.ac.uk. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2016.