Nicholson, Emma (1941–)
Nicholson, Emma (1941–)
English politician. Name variations: Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne. Born Oct 16, 1941, in Oxford, England; attended Royal Academy of Music.
Served as vice-chair of the Conservative Party (1983–87); was a Conservative (1987–95), then Liberal Democrat (1995–97) member of Parliament; made life peer and member of the House of Lords (1997); as a member of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, elected to 5th European Parliament (1999–2004); named vice-chair of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security, and Defense Policy. Wrote Why Does the West Forget? (1993) and Secret Society (1996).
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