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Susan Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal

Susan Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal

British politician (born 1944)

"Lady Garden" redirects here. For the unconnected cancer charity, see Lady Garden Campaign.

Susan Elizabeth Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal, PC (born Button, 22 February 1944) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who, since 2018, serves as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.

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Career

Educated at Westonbirt School and St Hilda's College, Oxford she became a teacher, becoming Hon FCIL in 2012.

Lady Garden stood as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Finchley and Golders Green (London) in 2005.[1] In September 2007 she was created a Life Peer as Baroness Garden of Frognal, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden.[2][3]

Lady Garden is a former Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and (Higher Education) Department for Education.[3]

Personal life

Lady Garden married in 1965 Timothy Garden. Lord Garden died on 9 August 2007, by whom she has two daughters.[4]

Styles

  • Mrs Timothy Garden (1965–1994)
  • Lady Garden (1994–2004)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lady Garden (2004–2007)
  • The Rt Hon. The Baroness Garden of Frognal (2007–2015)
  • The Rt Hon. The Baroness Garden of Frognal, PC (2015–)

References

  1. [1]
    Result: Finchley and Golders Green BBC News 2005-05-23
  2. [2]
    "No. 58498". The London Gazette. 30 October 2007. p. 15677.
  3. [3]
    "Baroness Garden of Frognal on the Parliamentary website". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  4. [4]
    www.burkespeerage.com
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