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27 feb 2023 · Betty Boothroyd, the trailblazing first female Speaker in Britain's House of Commons, has died aged 93, drawing tributes from across parliament for her distinctive, firm-but-fair style honed over ...
27 feb 2023 · Boothroyd, the first – and so far only — female speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, has died, parliamentary authorities said Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. She was 93. Boothroyd, who presided over the Commons’ often raucous debates with no-nonsense humor between 1992 and 2000, died Sunday at a hospital in Cambridge, southern England. (Stefan ...
15 mar 2024 · Betty Boothroyd – A life well lived. Reflections from friends on this “working class aristocrat”. BBC News. Available for over a year. 6 mins. Funeral of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd held ...
27 feb 2023 · Betty Boothroyd was born on 8 October 1929 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the only daughter of mill workers. Her father was a committed trade unionist and she later remarked that she "came out of ...
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3 mag 2024 · Betty Boothroyd (born October 8, 1929, Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England—died February 26, 2023, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) was a British Labour Party politician who was the first female speaker of the House of Commons (1992–2000). Boothroyd, whose parents were textile workers, grew up in northern England.
23 gen 2024 · Dewsbury-born Baroness Betty Boothroyd died in February 2023. Prized possessions belonging to the first female Speaker of the House of Commons have raised more than £84,000 for charity at auction.
27 feb 2023 · 27 February 2023. Getty Images. Betty Boothroyd's down-to-earth manner, complete lack of pretension and respect for the supremacy of Parliament endeared her to both sides of the House. The former ...
