Background
ELLIOT OF HARWOOD, Baroness Katharine Elliot was born on January 15, 1903. Daughter of Sir Charles Tennant Baronet and Margurite Lady Tennant.
ELLIOT OF HARWOOD, Baroness Katharine Elliot was born on January 15, 1903. Daughter of Sir Charles Tennant Baronet and Margurite Lady Tennant.
Private school education. Spoken languages: French.
Member, Women’s Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1941-1951, 1958-1969. Member, Markham Commission on the Women’s Services, 1942. Councillor, Roxburghshire County Council, 1946-1975.
Member, Home Office Advisory Committee on Treatment of Offenders, 1946-1964. Chairman, Women’s National Advisory Committee, Conservative Party, 1954-1957. United Kingdom Delegate to United Nations General Assembly, 1954, 1956, 1957.
Chairman, National Union of Cons, and Unionist Assns., 1957. House of Lords, since 1958. Chairman, Consumer Council, 1963-1968.
Member, European Economic Community Agricultural Committee, House of Lords. Joint President, United Nations Association, 1985. President, Anglo-Israeli Association, 1978-1990.
Professional career: farmer. Member. King George V Jubilee Trust, 1936-1968. Trustee, Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 1937-1985.
Chairman, National Association, of Mixed Clubs and Girls' Clubs, 1939-1949. Chairman, Advisory Council For Child Care. Scotland, 1957-1966; Justice of the Peace, 1968.
Protestant
Clubs: Anglo-Israel Association (President). President, United Nations Association (Great Britain).
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