Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper
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This article is about the British lawyer and politician. For the Italian sprinter, see Gloria Hooper (athlete).
Gloria Dorothy Hooper, Baroness Hooper, CMG, DSG, FRSA, FRGS (born 25 May 1939) is a British lawyer and a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
Quick Facts Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Prime Minister ...
The Baroness Hooper | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
In office 28 July 1989 – 14 April 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
Preceded by | new appointment |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Cumberlege |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | |
In office 26 July 1988 – 28 July 1989 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | new appointment |
Succeeded by | Tony Baldry |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science | |
In office 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | George Walden |
Succeeded by | John Butcher |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 10 June 1985 Life Peerage | |
Member of the European Parliament for Liverpool | |
In office 17 July 1979 – 16 July 1984 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Stewart |
Personal details | |
Born | (1939-05-25) 25 May 1939 (age 84) |
Political party | Conservative |
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The daughter of Frederick and Frances (née Maloney) Hooper, she was educated at La Sainte Union Convent High School, Southampton, and at the Royal Ballet School. She attended the University of Southampton, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in law in 1960 and at Universidad Central del Ecuador, where she was a Rotary Foundation Fellow. Baroness Hooper opened The British School of Quito in September 1995.