| LC control no. | no2013095806 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hornsby-Smith, Patricia, 1914-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Smith, Patricia Hornsby-, 1914-1985 Hornsby-Smith, Margaret Patricia, 1914-1985 Hornsby-Smith, Baroness, 1914-1985 |
| Birth date | 19140317 |
| Death date | 19850703 |
| Place of birth | East Sheen, London, England |
| Affiliation | Conservative Party (Great Britain) Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain. Ministry of Health Great Britain. Home Office Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Secretaries |
| Found in | Patricia Hornsby-Smith, 1953: title frame (Ms. Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Member of the British Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health) Ocford Dictionary of National Biography, via WWW, September 4, 2013 (Smith, (Margaret) Patricia Hornsby-; Baroness Hornsby-Smith (1914-1985); politician, was born on 17 March 1914 in East Sheen, near Richmond, Surrey; for ten years Hornsby-Smith worked as a private secretary in engineering, electrical, and textile firms; she also worked for an employers' federation; in 1941 she became principal private secretary to Lord Selborne, minister of economic warfare; in 1945 she was elected to Barnes borough council, and served as a councillor until 1949; between 1947 and 1950 she also sat on the Conservative Party's executive committee; at the 1950 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament for Chislehurst; in 1951 she was appointed parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Health where she remained for six years; from 1957 to 1959 she was parliamentary under-secretary at the Home Office, and from 1959 to 1961 joint parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance; in 1959 she became a privy councillor; her ministerial career ended in 1961 when she was created a dame of the British empire; she lost her seat in 1966, but regained it in the 1970 elections, serving until February 1974; in May 1974 she was created Baroness Hornsby-Smith; she died, unmarried, on 3 July 1985; although she never reached the cabinet, Hornsby-Smith was a relatively well-known politician: as a woman MP, minister, and then member of the House of Lords) |
| Associated language | eng |
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