Annie Llewelyn-Davies Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe Politician

Annie Patricia Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe (née Parry, formerly Rawdon Smith; 16 July 1915 – 6 November 1997) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer. In 1973 she became the first woman to take charge of a whip's office in either of the houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and she served in the 1974 to 1979 Labour Government as Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (Government Chief Whip).

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Llewelyn-Davies Patricia; Llewelyn-Davies Annie Patricia; Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe Annie Patricia Baroness; Parry Annie Patricia; Rawdon Smith Annie Patricia
Birth dateJuly 16, 1915
Birth place
Birkenhead
Date of deathNovember 06, 1997
Place of death
Colchester
Education
Girton College Cambridge

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Office holder

office
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
Chief Whip of the House of Lords
party
Labour Party (UK)
prime minister
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
successor

Annie Llewelyn-Davies Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p19154.htm