Nicola Chapman, Baroness Chapman
Nicola Jane Chapman, Baroness Chapman (3 August 1961 – 3 September 2009[1]) was a British peer and disability rights activist.
She was appointed to the House of Lords in 2004 as Baroness Chapman, of Leeds in the County of West Yorkshire and was the first person with a congenital disability – Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)[2] – to be appointed a peer in modern times. Her peerage was conferred on the recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission, sometimes known as the 'People's Peers' scheme. She had been nominated for her peerage by the Habinteg Housing Association, an organisation that provides practical support for those with disabilities, and which she chaired. She had a love of Leeds United football club, regularly attended games at Elland Road and was chair of the Leeds United Disabled Supporters Organisation. In 2010 Leeds United renamed the banqueting suite to "The Nicky Chapman Suite".
[edit] References
- ^ "Death of 'people's peer' Baroness Nicky Chapman at 48, Yorkshire Post". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Death-of-peoples-peer-Baroness.5619550.jp. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald
[edit] External links
- Guardian obituary
- Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 8 September 2004
- Baroness Chapman's page on TheyWorkForYou
- 'Doctors said they could do no more and sent me home to die – I'm still waiting', Daily Telegraph, 6 February 2005
- Lords Hansard: Baroness Chapman's maiden speech, on the Mental Capacity Bill 2005
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