Education
University of London. University of Sussex.
politician Member of the House of Lords
University of London. University of Sussex.
Her career indicates her interests in children's welfare, education and special needs, and prison reform. She was created a life peer as Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, of Riemore in Perth and Kinross on 1 November 1997. Linklater is the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Michael Lyle and Honorary
Elizabeth Sinclair, younger daughter of the former Leader of the Liberal Party Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso.
She was educated at Cranborne Chase School, a former boarding independent school for girls situated at New Wardour Castle, near Tisbury, Wiltshire, followed by the Universities of Sussex and London. In 1967, she became a Child Care Officer for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and between 1970-1985, she became Governor to three Islington schools.
From 1971-1977, she co-founded the Visitors" Centre at Pentonville Prison, and her continuing interest in this field led to her involvement with the Winchester Prison Project, Prison Reform Trust from 1981-1982. She is a trustee of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.