Caroline Elizabeth Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (born 23 December 1951), is a British
life peer
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ess and
member of the House of Lords
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Current sitting members
Lords Spiritual
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, where she currently sits as a
non-affiliated member.
Life
The only daughter of
John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont, and
Pamela Wyndham, Lady Egremont, her elder brother,
Max Egremont
John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont, 7th Baron Leconfield (born 21 April 1948), generally known as Max Egremont, is a British biographer and novelist.
Early life and education
Egremont is the eldest son of John Wyndham, 1st Baron ...
, succeeded to the
family titles.
The Hon. Carlyn Wyndham married in 1976, Colin Chisholm, son of Archibald Chisholm
CBE
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. They have two sons and one daughter.
She was made a
life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the D ...
on 16 September 2014 as Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, of
Owlpen
Owlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about east of Uley, and east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amphi ...
in the
County
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of
Gloucestershire
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. She sat in the
House of Lords
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as a
Conservative Party peer.
She has been a
baroness-in-waiting
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(a type of
government whip
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Whips a ...
) from 2015 to 2016, 2017 to 2018, 2019 to 2020, and 2021 to 2022.
She was a Lords spokesperson for the
Cabinet Office
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in 2016.
In 2022, she became one of the six ladies appointed as "
Queen's companions" to
Queen Camilla
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Camilla was raised in East ...
. At the same time, she resigned the Conservative whip to sit as a
non-affiliated member.
With her husband, she was invited to ride in the King's procession at Royal Ascot 2023.
Honours
See also
*
Earl of Egremont
Earl of Egremont was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1749, along with the subsidiary title Baron Cockermouth, in Cumberland, for Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, with remainder to his nephews Charles Wyndham, 2 ...
*
Johnson ministry
References
Notes
External links
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen– UK Parliament
*
''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage''
1951 births
Living people
Conservative Party (UK) life peers
Conservative Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting
Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
Life peers created by Elizabeth II
Daughters of barons
British ladies-in-waiting
Chisholm
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