Background
NICHOLSON, Emma Harriet was born on October 16, 1941. Daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson and the late Lady Katharine Lindsay Nicholson.
NICHOLSON, Emma Harriet was born on October 16, 1941. Daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson and the late Lady Katharine Lindsay Nicholson.
Portsdown Lodge School, Bexhill. St. Mary's School, Wantage. Royal Academy of Music, London.
LRAM. ARCM; spoken languages: French.
Member, Select Committee on Employment, 1990. Member, Medical Research Council, 1991. Member, European Union of Women, 1983.
Founder and joint Chairwoman, All Party Parliamentary Group for Romanian Children, 1990. Member, All Party Group on Aids, 1990. Member, Steering Committee, The Conservative Council on Eastern Europe, 1987.
Executive Member, Inter-Parly. Union (IPU), 1990; Member, 300 Group, 1985. Vice-Chwn., Conservative Party with special responsibility for Women, 1983-1987.
Chairwoman, Conservative Backbench Environment Committee. Member of Parliament for Devon West and Torridge, since 1987. Vice-President, Association, of District Cncls., 1991.
Member, British-Turkish Parliamentary Group, 1987. Member, Franco-British Parliamentary Group, 1987. Treasurer, British Caribbean All Party Group, 1987.
Member, British-Argentinian Parliamentary Group, 1990. Member, Hansard Society Council, 1990. Member, PITCOM (Parly.
Information Technology Committee) Council, 1988. Fellow, Industry and Parliamentary Trust (IBM) 1990. Member, Conservative Friends of Israel, 1987.
Member, Tory Green Initiative, 1990. Computer programmer, instructor and systems analyst, ICI, 1963-1966. Computer consultant. John Tyzack & Partners, 1967-1969.
Computer and General Management Consultant, McLintock, Mann and Whinney Murray, 1969-1973. Director of Fundraising, Save the Children Fund, 1977-1985, President, Hatherleigh Branch. President, Plymouth and West Devon Cassette Talking Newspaper.
Board member, Stichting Redt De Kinderen (Nederland). Member, Comité d’Honneur Sauvez Les Enfants (France), 1982-1988.
Various articles and pamphlets.
Church of England, Methodist.
Vice-President, Devon Young Farmers Club. Patron, Devon HIV/AIDS Trust. Honorary Member, Business and Professional Women's Association.
Royal Association, in Aid of Deaf People. Prince of Wales Advisory Trust on Disability. Royal Academy of Music Appeal Committee.
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts. Patron. CRUSAID; Chairwoman, Friends of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme: Deputy Chairwoman, Duke of Edinburgh’s 30th Anniversary Tribute Project and International Proct '87. Patron, Suzy Lamplugh Trust.
Gov. Mary Hare Grammar School. Director, Cities in Schools. Patron, British Deaf Accord and Women into Information Technology Foundation.
Friend, Société des Amies d'Enfance, Poland. Patron, National Association, of Deafened People and Sense South West, the National Deaf, Blind and Rubella Association. President, British Tinnitus Foundation.
Trustee, Covent Garden Cancer Research Trust, The Little Foundation and Motor Neurone Disease Association. Vice-Patron, The Child Psychotherapy Trust. Vice-Moderator, Movement for the Ordination of Women.
Friend, Parkhurst Society. Trustee, Shelter; Chairwoman, ADAPT (Access for Disabled People to Arts Premises Today). Member, Forum United Kingdom.
Centre for Policy Studies. Royal Institut, for International Affairs. Royal Horticultural Society.
Clubs: The Reform Club. St. Stephen’s Constitutional Club.
Music, walking.