Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids
The Baroness Howells of St Davids | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 21 July 1999 – 10 January 2019 | |
| Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Vice Chancellor | Les Ebdon Bill Rammell |
| Preceded by | Sir Robin Biggam |
| Succeeded by | John Bercow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1931 St Davids, Grenada |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | John Charles Howells (m. 1955) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | St Joseph's College, Reading South West London College |
| Alma mater | University of the District of Columbia |
Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids OBE COG (born 10 January 1931) is a British Labour politician, who formerly served as member of the House of Lords.
Having been awarded an OBE in the 1994 New Year's Honours, she was made a Life peer as Baroness Howells of St Davids, of Charlton in the London Borough of Greenwich on 21 July 1999. The name St Davids refers to the parish in Grenada where she was brought up, to the south-east of the island. She retired from the House of Lords on 10 January 2019.