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Elizabeth Patricia Carnegy of Lour, Baroness Carnegy of Lour, FRSA, DL (28 April 1925 – 9 November 2010)[1] was a Scottish academic and activist.
The daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Ughtred Elliott Carnegy of Lour, and his wife, Violet, Elizabeth Carnegy was educated at Downham School in Essex. She worked in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge from 1943–46 and was president for Scotland of the Girl Guides Association from 1979–89.[2][3] She was a member of the Council and Finance Committee of Open University from 1984–96. She was a member of the court of the St Andrews University from 1991–96. Beginning in 1989, she was an honorary member of the Scottish Library Association. [citation needed]
Carnegy was chair of the Working Party on Professional Training in Community Education Scotland (1975–77),[4] Commissioner at Manpower Services Commission (1979–82),[2] and a member of the Scottish Council for Tertiary Education (1979–84).[2] From 1980–83, she was chairman of the Manpower Services Commission Committee for Scotland.[2] From 1980–83, she was a member of the Scottish Economic Council.[2] In 1981, she became chair of the Scottish Council for Community Education, and in 1984 became a member of the administration council of the Royal Jubilee Trust, holding both posts until 1988. [citation needed]
On 14 July 1982, she was made a life peer with the title Baroness Carnegy of Lour, of Lour in the District of Angus[5] and in 1993, an Honorary Fellow of the Scottish Community Education Council. Carnegy was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Deputy Lieutenant for Angus from 1988 until her death. She was awarded an Hon. LLD from the University of Dundee in 1991, and from St Andrews University in 1997 as well as Doctor of the Open University in 1998. Between 1969–84, she was Honorary Sheriff of Angus.[2]
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References
- ^ Notice of death of Lady Carnegy to House of Lords by the Baroness Hayman
- ^ a b c d e f Torrance, David (13 November 2010). "Baroness Carnegy of Lour". Glasgow Herald. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018 – via Highbeam.
- ^ "Baroness Carnegy leaves £7m fortune". Glasgow Herald. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018 – via Highbeam.
- ^ Debrett's distinguished people of today. Ellis, Patricia., Williamson, David. (2nd ed.). London: Debrett's Peerage. 1989. p. 265. ISBN 1870520025. OCLC 51351201.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "No. 49054". The London Gazette. 19 July 1982. p. 9413.
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Sources
- "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 6 April 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
- Articles with bare URLs for citations from May 2021
- 1925 births
- 2010 deaths
- Alumni of the University of Dundee
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
- Conservative Party (UK) life peers
- Deputy Lieutenants of Angus
- Female life peers
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts
- People associated with the Open University
- People associated with the University of St Andrews