Olive Mary Wendy Nicol, Baroness Nicol (née Rowe-Hunter; 21 March 1923 – 15 January 2018) was a British

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politician.

Career

The daughter of James and Harriet Rowe-Hunter, she was educated at Cahir School,

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. From 1942 to 1944, Nicol was a clerical officer of the

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and Inspector of the Admiralty from 1944 to 1948. She was a member of the

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's Board from 1976 to 1985, as president from 1981. She served as a

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from 1978 to 1982, and was created a

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with the title Baroness Nicol, of Newnham in the

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on 20 January 1983. In the

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, she was

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and Baroness in Waiting from 1983 to 1989 and

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from 1995 to 2002. Baroness Nicol was member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee from 1982 to 1988 and of the

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(POST) from 1998 to 2000.

Personal life

She was married to Alexander Douglas Ian Nicol from 1947 until his death in 2009; they had two sons and one daughter. Wendy died on 15 January 2018 from natural causes; she was 94 years old.Obituary, "Daily Telegraph", 17 January 2018

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* 1923 births 2018 deaths Councillors in Cambridgeshire Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Labour Co-operative life peers Labour Party (UK) councillors Politics of Cambridge Women councillors in England {{Life-peer-stub