Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill

For other people named Elizabeth Smith, see Elizabeth Smith (disambiguation).

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. 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 was formerly the chair of the board of directors of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

She has three daughters, Jane, Catherine and Sarah the Scottish television journalist, Sarah Smith.

References

  1. ↑ "Baroness Elizabeth Smith of Gilmorehill". Birkbeck.
  2. ↑ The Scotsman http://www.scotsman.com/news/baroness-smith-resigns-from-fringe-1-2476323
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 53963. p. 2512. 22 February 1995.
  4. ↑ webperson@hw.ac.uk. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-04.


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