Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins
The Baroness Wilkins | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a life peer 30 July 1999 – 23 July 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rosalie Catherine Wilkins 6 May 1946 |
| Died | 1 December 2024 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Rosalie Catherine Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins (6 May 1946 – 1 December 2024), was a British Labour politician.
Wilkins was a member of the Central Health Services Council from 1974 to 1976, the BBC General Advisory Council from 1976 to 1978, and the Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability from 1982 to 1990. She was also President of the College of Occupational Therapists from 2003 to 2008.
On 30 July 1999, she was created a life peer with the title Baroness Wilkins, of Chesham Bois in the County of Buckinghamshire.[1] She was a member of the House of Lords until her retirement in 2015.
Wilkins died on 1 December 2024, at the age of 78.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 55572". The London Gazette. 4 August 1999. p. 8409.
- ^ "Baroness Wilkins". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Remembering Rosalie Wilkins: A Quiet Force for Change". Disability Rights UK. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
