Elizabeth Patricia Carnegy of Lour, Baroness Carnegy of Lour,

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, DL (28 April 1925 – 9 November 2010) was a Scottish academic and activist. The daughter of

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Ughtred Elliott Carnegy of Lour, and his wife, Violet, Elizabeth Carnegy was educated at Downham School in

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. She worked in the

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from 1943 to 1946 and was president for Scotland of the

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from 1979 to 1989. She was a member of the Council and Finance Committee of

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from 1984 to 1996. She was a member of the court of the

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from 1991 to 1996. Beginning in 1989, she was an honorary member of the Scottish Library Association. Carnegy was chair of the Working Party on Professional Training in Community Education Scotland (1975–77), Commissioner at

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(1979–1982), and a member of the Scottish Council for Tertiary Education (1979–1984). From 1980 to 1983, she was chairman of the Manpower Services Commission Committee for Scotland. From 1980 to 1983, she was a member of the Scottish Economic Council. 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. On 14 July 1982, she was made a

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with the title Baroness Carnegy of Lour, of Lour in the District of

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and in 1993, an Honorary Fellow of the Scottish Community Education Council. Carnegy was a Fellow of the

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(FRSA) and a Deputy Lieutenant for Angus from 1988 until her death. She was awarded an Hon. LLD from the

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in 1991, and from St Andrews University in 1997 as well as Doctor of the

in 1998. Between 1969 and 1984, she was Honorary Sheriff of Angus.

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