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==Early life==
 
==Early life==
Williams is the daughter of the late Professor Sir [[George Catlin]] and the late Vera Brittain and was educated at [[St Paul's Girls' School]], London and eight other schools in the UK and US. She was an open scholar at Somerville College Oxford (BA philosophy, politics and economics 1951, MA 1954), where she was elected the first woman Chairman of the [[Oxford University Labour Club]], and a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University New York.<ref>[http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Williams_of_Crosby&pPK=47cf723f-9590-4306-aa0c-f2ca6ac331e7 Baroness Williams of Crosby], Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.</ref>
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Williams is the daughter of the late Professor Sir [[George Catlin]] and the late [[Vera Brittain]] and was educated at [[St Paul's Girls' School]], London and eight other schools in the UK and US. She was an open scholar at Somerville College Oxford (BA philosophy, politics and economics 1951, MA 1954), where she was elected the first woman Chairman of the [[Oxford University Labour Club]], and a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University New York.<ref>[http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Williams_of_Crosby&pPK=47cf723f-9590-4306-aa0c-f2ca6ac331e7 Baroness Williams of Crosby], Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.</ref>
  
 
==Journalism==
 
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==SDP==
 
==SDP==
Williams was a co-founder of the [[Social Democratic Party]] in 1981 was its first elected MP winning a by-election in Crosby, Merseyside thatyear.<ref>[http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Williams_of_Crosby&pPK=47cf723f-9590-4306-aa0c-f2ca6ac331e7 Baroness Williams of Crosby], 7 July 2010.</ref>
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Williams was a co-founder of the [[Social Democratic Party]] in 1981 and its first elected MP, winning a by-election in Crosby, Merseyside that year.<ref>[http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Williams_of_Crosby&pPK=47cf723f-9590-4306-aa0c-f2ca6ac331e7 Baroness Williams of Crosby], 7 July 2010.</ref>
  
 
==Liberal Democrats==
 
==Liberal Democrats==
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*[[Council on Foreign Relations]] - International Advisory Committee member
 
*[[Council on Foreign Relations]] - International Advisory Committee member
 
*[[Moscow School of Political Studies]] - Board member
 
*[[Moscow School of Political Studies]] - Board member
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*[[Tackling Terrorism All-Party Parliamentary Group]]
 
*[[International Committee on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament]] - Board member<ref>[http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Williams_of_Crosby&pPK=47cf723f-9590-4306-aa0c-f2ca6ac331e7 Baroness Williams of Crosby], Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.</ref>
 
*[[International Committee on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament]] - Board member<ref>[http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Williams_of_Crosby&pPK=47cf723f-9590-4306-aa0c-f2ca6ac331e7 Baroness Williams of Crosby], Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.</ref>
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==External Resources==
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*guardian.co.uk [http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/shirleywilliams Shirley Williams]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 18:30, 5 October 2015

Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.[1]

Early life

Williams is the daughter of the late Professor Sir George Catlin and the late Vera Brittain and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London and eight other schools in the UK and US. She was an open scholar at Somerville College Oxford (BA philosophy, politics and economics 1951, MA 1954), where she was elected the first woman Chairman of the Oxford University Labour Club, and a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University New York.[2]

Journalism

Shirley Williams started her career as a journalist with the Daily Mirror (1952-54) and Financial Times (1954-58).[3]

Labour

Williams was General Secretary of the Fabian Society until her election as Labour MP for Hitchin (later Hertford and Stevenage) in 1964. She served in the British Cabinet (1974-79) as Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, Paymaster General and Secretary of State for Education and Science. She lost the seat in 1979.[4]

SDP

Williams was a co-founder of the Social Democratic Party in 1981 and its first elected MP, winning a by-election in Crosby, Merseyside that year.[5]

Liberal Democrats

Williams became Baroness Williams of Crosby in 1993 and was spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Lords from 1998 to 2001.[6]

Affiliations

External Resources

Notes

  1. Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.
  2. Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.
  3. Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.
  4. Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.
  5. Baroness Williams of Crosby, 7 July 2010.
  6. Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.
  7. Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrats, 7 July 2010.