Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips
Norah Mary Phillips, Baroness Phillips, JP (12 August 1910 – 14 August 1992),[1] née Lusher, was a British Labour politician.
Phillips was educated at Hampton Training College as a teacher. She became active in her local Fulham Labour Party and in 1930 married fellow Fulham activist Morgan Phillips,[1] a former miner and later the General Secretary of the Labour Party 1944–1961. They had a son and a daughter, Gwyneth Dunwoody, who became a long-serving Labour Member of Parliament.
Phillips was a long-serving London magistrate and co-founder of the National Association of Women's Clubs (1935).[2] She was made a life peer on 21 December 1964 as Baroness Phillips, of Fulham in the County of Greater London[3] and was the first female government whip in the House of Lords, as Baroness-in-Waiting 1965–70.
She championed consumer issues and in 1965 founded the Housewives Trust to help shoppers obtain better value for money.[2] In 1977 she became director of the Association for the Prevention of Theft in Shops.[1]
She served as Lord Lieutenant of Greater London from 1978–85.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Obituary: Baroness Phillips". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- 1 2 "The Morning Record - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43522. p. 10933. 22 December 1964.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Lord Beswick |
Baroness-in-Waiting 1965–1970 |
Succeeded by New government |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Elworthy |
Lord Lieutenant of Greater London 1978–1986 |
Succeeded by Edwin Bramall |