Jean Coussins, Baroness Coussins
The Baroness Coussins | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2007 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | 26 October 1950 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Crossbench |
Jean Elizabeth Coussins, Baroness Coussins, FCIL (born 26 October 1950) is a British parliamentarian and an adviser on corporate responsibility.
Lady Coussins is a member of the Advertising Standards Authority, a member of the Better Regulation Commission, and was formerly Chief Executive of the Portman Group, a not–for–profit organisation promoting sensible drinking by consumers and responsible marketing by the drinks industry.
Her interests include:
- Advisory Committee on Alcohol Problems
- Non executive director and council member (broadcast and non-broadcast media), Advertising Standards Authority
- Member, Alcohol Education and Research Council
- Chair (Co-Chair since 2015), All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages (2008–present)
- Vice-President, Chartered Institute of Linguists[1]
Personal life
Jean Coussins was educated at Godolphin and Latymer School, London, and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages in 1973.[2] She married, in 1976, Roger J. Hamilton, with whom she has three children; their marriage was dissolved in 1985.[2]
Honours
In February, 2007, the House of Lords Appointments Commission recommended she should be conferred with a Life Peerage as a Crossbencher in Parliament; her title was gazetted as Baroness Coussins, of Whitehall Park in the London Borough of Islington on 23 March 2007.[3] She has been conferred Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Linguists[4] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
In 2013, she was awarded the President's Medal by the British Academy.[5]
Arms
Lady Coussins' coat of arms is blazoned as follows:
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References
- ^ www.iol.org.uk Archived 19 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b COUSSINS. "COUSSINS, Baroness (Jean Elizabeth Coussins)". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black.
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- ^ www.parliament.uk
- ^ "The British Academy President's Medal". British Academy. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
External links
Sources
- "Better Regulation Commission". Archived from the original on 29 September 2006.
- "The Guardian". London. 15 February 2007.