Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear

(Beatrice) Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear PC (7 August 1913 – 23 April 1997) was a British social scientist and politician. She was leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords from 1984 to 1988, and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 1988 to 1997. She was also appointed Privy Councillor in 1985.

Baroness Seear was also remembered as a pioneer for Carers and women's rights. As a Reader in Personnel Management at the LSE in 1963 she was approached by the Rev. Mary Webster, who had given up her work as a Minister to care for her aged parents, and hit the UK headlines with her highly effective campaigning work. Nancy Seear said that within five minutes of meeting Mary Webster "I knew that she was someone quite exceptional" (Tim Cook, 2007)

She became one of twelve founder member of the NCSWD – the National Council for Single Woman and Her Dependants – on 15 December 1965. Another prominent member was Sir Keith Joseph. She continued working for the movement and eventually became a Patron of Carers National Association when it was formed by a merger with the Association of Carers on 14 May 1988.

She was unmarried.

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