Description
Patricia Lesley Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham PC, DL is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
She was educated at Plympton Grammar School, at Cambridge University, the University of California and Columbia University, New York, and at Nuffield College, Oxford.
She was a lecturer in modern history, reader and Dean at the University of East Anglia in Norwich from 1967 until 1990. She served as a National Commissioner for English Heritage from 1988 until 1991. She was married to Martin Hollis, Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, until his death in 1998: they had two sons.
Patricia Hollis contested the Great Yarmouth constituency for Labour at the February 1974 general election, the October 1974 election and at the 1979 general election. She became involved in local politics early in her career, serving on Norwich City Council from 1968 to 1991, and as Leader of the Council from 1983 to 1988. Patricia Hollis served on the Press Council from 1988 to 1990. and was a director of Radio Broadland from 1983 until 1997.
Born
May 24th, 1941 in (Age 83)
Last Changes
2011/11/11
New Address: Available to members only
2009/04/17
New Address: Available to members only
2009/04/17
New Address: Available to members only