Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill

Elizabeth Margaret Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, DL (born 4 June 1940), is a British peer and patron of the arts. She is the widow of John Smith, the former Labour Party leader.

For other people named Elizabeth Smith, see Elizabeth Smith (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Smith
of Gilmorehill

DL
Smith in 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
17 February 1995
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1940-06-04) 4 June 1940
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)John Smith
ChildrenSarah Smith
Alma materGlasgow University

Born Elizabeth Margaret Bennett, Smith was educated at Hutchesons' Girls Grammar School and Glasgow University.[1]

Baroness Smith is president of Scottish Opera and served as chairman of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 1995 to 2012.[2] She is also a governor of the English-Speaking Union and a board member of the Centre for European Reform. Within a year of her husband's death, she was created a life peer as Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, of Gilmorehill in the District of the City of Glasgow on 17 February 1995.[3]

Smith received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1998.[4]

She has three daughters: Sarah Smith, the BBC Scotland editor, Jane, and Catherine.

References
  1. "Baroness Elizabeth Smith of Gilmorehill". Birkbeck.
  2. "The Scotsman".
  3. "No. 53963". The London Gazette. 22 February 1995. p. 2512.
  4. [email protected]. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2016.


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