Celia Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Winchester
British baroness (born 1945)
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Celia Marjorie Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Winchester, MBE (born 14 October 1945 in Winchester, Hants) was a founding member of the Liberal Party in Winchester in the 1960s.
Born14 October 1945
The Baroness Thomas of Winchester | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 26 May 2006 | |
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| Born | 14 October 1945 |
| Party | Liberal Democrats |
Thomas was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours.[1]
On 26 May 2006, she was created a life peer with the title Baroness Thomas of Winchester, of Winchester in the County of Hampshire,[2] and she sits as a Liberal Democrat.
Thomas is a Trustee of the charity Muscular Dystrophy UK, having been a long term sufferer.[3] She is also Patron of Driving Mobility, the national charity that provides specialist driving and mobility assessment centres.