Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza
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The Right Honourable The Baroness D'Souza CMG PC |
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| Lord Speaker | |
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In office 1 September 2011 – 31 August 2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Hayman |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Fowler |
| Convener of the Crossbench Peers | |
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In office 6 November 2007 – 31 August 2011 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Williamson of Horton |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Laming |
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Assumed office 1 July 2004 |
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| Nominated by | Tony Blair |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
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Frances Gertrude Claire Russell 18 April 1944 Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Other political affiliations |
Non-affiliated (2011–2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Stanislaus Joseph D'Souza (1959–1974 & 2003–present) Martin John Griffiths (1985–94) |
| Committees |
Procedure Committee (2005–present) House (2007–present) Selection; Privileges; Liaison; Administration and Works (2007–2011) |
Frances Gertrude Claire D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, CMG, PC (née Russell; born 18 April 1944) is a British scientist and Lord Temporal. She was previously Lord Speaker, having held the office from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2016.
Frances Gertrude Claire Russell, the daughter of Robert Anthony Gilbert and Pauline (née Parmet) Russell, was educated at St Mary's School, Princethorpe, and went to University College London to read anthropology, graduating BSc in 1970. She subsequently undertook further study at Lady Margaret Hall, obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in 1976 from the University of Oxford. She worked for the Nuffield Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition from 1973–77, Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University) from 1977–80, and was an independent research consultant for the United Nations from 1985-88.
She married Dr Stanislaus D'Souza, with whom had two children, but divorced in 1974. From 1985 to 1994 she was married to Martin Griffiths. In 2003 she and D'Souza remarried. Their elder daughter is the journalist Christa D'Souza.
D'Souza was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1999.
D'Souza was created a Lord Temporal as Baroness D'Souza, of Wychwood in the County of Oxfordshire, on 1 July 2004. She sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords, where she was the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers from 2007 to 2011 with attendance "well above average".
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