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British Conservative politician (1923–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the politician. She is not to be confused with the opera singer, Gillian Knight.
Joan Christabel Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree, DBE (née Christie; 9 July 1923 – 6 April 2022) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1966 to 1997. She was created a life peer as "Baroness Knight of Collingtree, of Collingtree in the County of Northamptonshire" in 1997 after she had stood down at that year's general election, and retired from the House of Lords on 24 March 2016.
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The Baroness Knight of Collingtree | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 23 September 1997 – 24 March 2016 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston | |
In office 31 March 1966 – 8 April 1997 | |
Preceded by | Edith Pitt |
Succeeded by | Gisela Stuart |
Personal details | |
Born | Joan Christabel Jill Christie (1923-07-09)9 July 1923 Bristol, England |
Died | 6 April 2022(2022-04-06) (aged 98) |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
James Montague Knight
(m. 1947; died 1986) |
Children | 2 |
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