Dame Barbara Mary Kelly, (born 27 February 1940) is a

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civic activist. She is chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, and Convener of the Crichton Foundation. She is also chair of the Peter Pan

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Trust. A past Chair of the Scottish Consumer Council and the

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Trust, a past Main Board Member of Scottish Natural Heritage and of Scottish Enterprise, Kelly worked for the interests of rural Scotland, founding, to that end, Rural Forum and the Southern Uplands Partnership. She was a member of the

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's Foot and Mouth Inquiry in 2002. She is a member of the

Rural Development Council The Rural Development Council was an advisory body to the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead MSP. Its members include: Barbara Kelly; Donald MacRae of the Bank of Scotland; Stuart Housden, the Direc ...

and is president and Chair of the Galloway National Park Association. She was Equal Opportunities Commissioner for Scotland.

Memberships

A former chairman of the

Architects Registration Board The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is the statutory body for the registration of architects in the United Kingdom. It operates under the Architects Act 1997 as amended, a consolidating Act. It began under the Architects (Registration) Act, ...

, Kelly was named an Honorary Fellow of the

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in 2008. Kelly was also elected a Fellow of the

in 2017.

Honours

She was elevated from

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to DBE in the June 2007 Birthday Honours List for "public service in Scotland".

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BBC News notice of Kelly's damehoodDumfries and Galloway FestivalGalloway National Park Association
1940 births Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Living people People from Dumfries and Galloway Scottish activists Place of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Fellows of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Deputy Lieutenants of Dumfries {{Scotland-bio-stub