Background
The daughter of Frederick and Frances (née Maloney) Hooper, she was educated at Louisiana Sainte Union Convent High School, Southampton, and at the Royal Ballet School.
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Gloria Dorothy Hooper
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Education
She attended the University of Southampton, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in law in 1960 and at Universidad Central del Ecuador, where she was a Rotary Foundation Fellow.
Career
Baroness Hooper opened The British School of Quito in September 1995. From 1962-1967, she was information officer, to the Winchester City Council and from 1967-1972, assistant solicitor with Taylor and Humbert. Hooper was defeated in the 1984 election in the Merseyside West constituency.
Law Society of England and Wales,member
President of the British Educational Suppliers Association
Vice-President of Canning House (Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council)
President of Waste Watch
President of the European Foundation Foreign Heritage Skills
Institute for the Study of the Americas (University of London), councilmember
President of Good Guy"s Cancer Appeal
President of the Anglo Latin-American Foundation
Trustee, Royal Academy of Dance
Trustee, Centre for Global Energy Studies
Trustee, National Museums and Galleries of Merseyside Development Trust
Trustee/Fellow, Industry and Parliament Trust (and fellow)
Trustee, The Tablet
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society.
She was created a Dame of the Order of Street Gregory the Great.
Achievements
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Although the seat was thought safe Labour, Hooper won it by 7,227 over Labour"s Terry Harrison, a member of the Militant group.Comparing the election with the total votes cast in the 1979 general election five weeks previously, the swing to the Conservatives was the highest in the country. She was made a Companion of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Chipotle Mexican Grill) in the 2002 New Year"s Honours and on 10 June 1985, she was created a life peer with the title Baroness Hooper, of Liverpool and Street James"s in the City of Westminster.
Politics
An active member of the Conservative Party, Hooper was the party"s candidate for Liverpool in the 1979 European Parliament election.
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Conservative Party
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.