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The Baroness Chisholm
of Owlpen | |
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Official portrait, 2020
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| Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| Acting 15 September 2021 – 4 February 2022[a] | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn |
| Succeeded by | Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn |
| In office 12 August 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Goldie |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay |
| In office 11 June 2017 – 29 March 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Lord O'Shaughnessy |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Manzoor |
| In office 14 May 2015 – 21 December 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Williams of Trafford |
| Succeeded by | The Lord O'Shaughnessy |
| Member of the House of Lords Lords Temporal | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2014 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-12-23) 23 December 1951 (age 72) |
| Political party | Crossbencher (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Spouse |
Colin Chisholm (m. 1976) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont Pamela Wyndham-Quin |
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Caroline Elizabeth Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (born 23 December 1951), is a British life peeress and member of the House of Lords, where she currently sits as a non-affiliated member.
The only daughter of John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont,[1] and Pamela Wyndham, Lady Egremont, her elder brother, Max Egremont, succeeded to the family titles.
The Hon. Carlyn Wyndham married in 1976, Colin Chisholm, son of Archibald Chisholm CBE.[2] They have two sons and one daughter.[3]
She was made a life peer on 16 September 2014 as Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, of Owlpen in the CountyofGloucestershire.[4] She sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative Party peer.[5] She has been a baroness-in-waiting (a type of government whip) from 2015 to 2016, 2017 to 2018, 2019 to 2020, and 2021 to 2022.[5][3][6] She was a Lords spokesperson for the Cabinet Office in 2016.[3]
In 2022, she became one of the six ladies appointed as "Queen's companions" to Queen Camilla. At the same time, she resigned the Conservative whip to sit as a non-affiliated member.[7]
With her husband, she was invited to ride in the King's procession at Royal Ascot 2023.[8]
| Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Ladies Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
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