Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone

Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone (born 15 April 1943), is a former Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She retired in February 2016^[1] following the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. 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.^[2]

Linklater is the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Michael Lyle and Hon. 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 married the journalist Magnus Linklater; they have three children, two sons and one daughter.^{[citation needed]}

Her first cousin, John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso, was an elected Liberal Democrat MP for the seat of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. In 1967, she became a Child Care Officer for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and between 1970 and 1985, she became governor to three Islington schools. From 1971 to 1977, she co-founded the Visitors' Centre at Pentonville Prison, and her continuing interest in this field led to her involvement with the , Prison Reform Trust from 1981 to 1982. She is a trustee of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.^{[citation needed]}

Linklater matriculated arms at the Lyon Office in 1999. Her motto is "An I May".^[3]

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• Profile, hansard.millbanksystems.com; accessed 20 March 2014.
• Biography, parliament.uk; accessed 20 March 2014.

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