Jill Knight

Who they were

Personal life and death Knight's husband, James Montague Knight, died in 1986. The couple had two children. Her recreations were music, reading, tapestry work, theatre-going and antique-hunting. [ 1 ] Knight died at a nursing home in Collingtree Park , Northampton, [ 2 ] on 6 April 2022, at the age of 98. [ 3 ] ^ "Knight of Collingtree, Baroness, (Joan Christabel Jill Knight)" . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . 2007. doi : 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u23317 . ISBN   978-0-19-954089-1 .

Joan Christabel Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree, 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 in 2016.

Early life

Early life Joan Christabel Jill Christie was born in Bristol on 9 July 1923, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] although she later shaved several years off her age: when seeking election, she put her year of birth as 1930. Her parents divorced when she was a child. Her mother was a teacher and a graduate of Bristol University . Christie attended Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School in Bristol and the King Edward Grammar School for Girls, Birmingham . In 1941, she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).

Path and career

Political career She was elected as a councillor on Northampton Borough Council , serving from 1956 to 1966, and became a whip . She unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary seat of Northampton at the 1959 and 1964 general elections for the Conservative Party . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston in the 1966 general election , and held that seat in successive elections for 31 years until she stood down at the 1997 election.

Honours Knight was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1964 , [ 1 ] and elevated to a Dame Commander in 1985 . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was awarded an honorary DSc by Aston University in 1999. Knight was made a Kentucky Colonel in 1973; a Nebraska Admiral in 1980; and was made an honorary Texas Ranger in 2014. [ 4 ] ^ "No. 43200" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1964. p. 17. ^ "No. 50154" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 7.

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Jill Knight appears on our April 6 calendar for 2022 as a death entry.