Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow
The Reverend and Right Honourable The Baroness Richardson of Calow OBE | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
In office 3 August 1998 – 20 December 2018 | |
Nominated by | Tony Blair |
Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
President of the Methodist Conference | |
In office 1992–1993 | |
Vice President | Dr Edmund Marshall MP |
Preceded by | Ronald W. C. Hoar |
Succeeded by | Brian Beck |
Personal details | |
Born | Kathleen Margaret Fountain 24 February 1938 |
Nationality | British |
Education | St Helena School, Chesterfield |
Alma mater |
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Known for | First woman president of the British Methodist Conference |
Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, OBE (born 24 February 1938) is a British Methodist Minister. Created a life peer in 1998,[1] she was a crossbench member of the House of Lords until her retirement in 2018.[2]
Early life and education[]
Richardson was born on 24 February 1938 to Francis and Margaret Fountain. She was educated at St Helena School, an all-girls secondary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. She then attended Stockwell College, a teacher training college where she completed a Certificate in Education. She trained for ordained ministry at the Deaconess College in Ilkley and at Wesley House in Cambridge.[3]
Ordained ministry[]
Richardson was made a deaconess in 1961 and ordained as a presbyter in 1980.[3]
Richardson was the first woman to become a Chair of District within the Methodist Church of Great Britain. Later she became the first female President of the Methodist Conference from 1992 to 1993.[4] She was the moderator of the Free Churches Federal Council from 1995 to 1999.[1]
My Death My Decision[]
Richardson is a Patron of the right to die organization, My Death My Decision. My Death My Decision wants to see a more compassionate approach to dying in the UK, including giving people the legal right to a medically assisted death if that is their persistent wish [5]
Personal life[]
In 1964, she married Ian David Godfrey Richardson. Together they have had three daughters.[3]
Honours[]
In the 1996 New Year Honours, Richardson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to the Methodist community".[6] On 3 August 1998 she was made a Life peer as Baroness Richardson of Calow, of Calow in the County of Derbyshire.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ a b "Baroness Kathleen Richardson of Calow". actionforchildren.org.uk. Action for Children. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Baroness Richardson of Calow". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ a b c 'RICHARDSON OF CALOW', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Sept 2017
- ^ "The role of women within Methodism (The University of Manchester Library)". library.manchester.ac.uk. The University of Manchester Library. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "About Us". mydeath-decision.org. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "No. 54255". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1995. p. 13.
- ^ "No. 55217". The London Gazette. 6 August 1998. p. 8583.
- ^ Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 12 October 1998
- 1938 births
- 20th-century Methodist ministers
- Crossbench life peers
- English Methodist ministers
- Female life peers
- Living people
- Ordained peers
- Presidents of the Methodist Conference
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Alumni of Wesley House
- People from Calow