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Laetitia Cash

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Laetitia Mary Cash (b: 20 August 1973) is a British born Non-practising barrister. She was called to the Bar in October 2009 as a member of The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Biography

Laetitia is the daughter of Senior Conservative politician Bill Cash (William Nigel Paul Cash). He is Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee (ESC) in the House of Commons. A Catholic, in 2000 he was made a Knight of Malta. Her grandfather, Captain Paul Trevor Cash, aged 25, was killed in action in Normandy in July 1944 and was posthumously awarded the Military Cross.

Her mother is Bridget Mary Cash (nee Lee) who was raised in East Africa and Malaysia by her father who was employed by The Colonial Office. Laetitia’s parents met while her father was at Lincoln College, University of Oxford and they married on 16th October 1965 at Wardour Castle, Wiltshire. Before parenthood her mother worked as a secretary for Harold Wilson at 10 Downing Street. Her parents remain married and are based at the family home Upton Cressett Hall in Shropshire.

She has two brothers Sam Cash and William Cash who founded and is editor-in-chief of Spear’s Wealth Management Survey. Laetitia was educated at Woldingham School, Surrey and attended sixth form at St Mary’s Cambridge. She has a BA (Hons) degree from Central Saint Martins College of Art. In 2004 she attained a second BA in Jurisprudence (Law) from St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. In 2009 she completed the Bar Professional Training Course from The Inns of Court School of Law now known as The City Law School.

Career

After her graduation from Central Saint Martins College of Art, Laetitia was hired by Nick Logan’s Wagadon [publisher of 1990’s cult magazine: THE FACE] as a features editor to launch Frank [London] a hip new women’s magazine. In 1998 she moved to the United States and worked for The Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

In May 2003 Laetitia made her foray into politics and local government when she was elected as a Conservative District Councillor in Shropshire. On January 18, 2004 she featured on the front cover of The Sunday Times Magazine as New Tory Woman. Having attained a law degree from Oxford University she was hired in 2004 by International law firm Wilmerhale LLP to work in their London office. For the 2005 General Election she was selected as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Salford, Manchester. In 2006 Laetitia was approved as one of David Cameron’s Priority List Candidates. The same year she co-founded the North Kensington youth charity MyGeneration with Shaun Bailey and resigned as a director and trustee from the charity in 2008.

In addition to her legal training and political activities, Laetitia has continued as a freelance writer and contributing editor. The publications she has written for include Harpers & Queen, W and The Sunday Times News Review. On March 3, 2002 she wrote a leading editorial entitled “Colombia’s Lost Queen” after she interviewed Presidential Candidate Ingrid Betancourt in Bogota days before her kidnap.

Personal Life

Aged 27 Laetitia had her first child, Tess Alexandra Eleni Goulandris in the Ford Niarchos ward of the New York Cornell Hospital, after a relationship with the father Alexander John Goulandris, a shipping executive. In 2005 Laetitia married John William Gunn at the Chapelle de la Garoupe in Cap d’Antibes. She had her second child, Arizona Lydia Gunn on 29th March 2006 at the Lenval Hospital in Nice. By November 2009 they were divorced.

Links

• Bill Cash
• http://www.salford.gov.uk/generalelection2005-2.htm

References

• The Sunday Times - March 3, 2002 - Interview with Ingrid Betancourt
• Cover Picture - The Sunday Times Magazine - January 18 2004