Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker

[1] In 1964 she married Benjamin Whitaker (1934–2014) a barrister, author and human rights activist, who served a single term as Labour Party MP for Hampstead from 1966 to 1970.[2] In June 1999, she was included in Tony Blair's new list of working peers[3] in recognition of a career in publishing and in the civil service.[4] She was created a Life Peer on 5 August 1999 taking the title Baroness Whitaker, of Beeston in the County of Nottinghamshire.[6] Whitaker lists her political interests as architecture and design, international development and race relations.[8] She is a Patron of Humanists UK,[8] and a member of the Advisory Board for the British Institute of Human Rights.
The Right HonourableMember of the House of LordsLord TemporalIncumbentLife PeerageBritishLabourBenjamin WhitakerAlma materNottingham High School for GirlsGirton CollegeCambridgeBryn Mawr CollegeHarvard UniversityLabour PartyGirton College, CambridgeHampsteadAndre Deutsch LtdCommonwealth SecretariatCommission for Racial EqualityFriends ProvidentTony Blairworking peersLife PeerBeestonCounty of NottinghamshireFriends, Families and TravellershumanismHumanists UKInstitute of Human RightsUnited Nations Association – UKEmployment TribunalSouth DownsImmigration Complaints Audit CommitteeOne World TrustOverseas Development InstituteRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsTavistock and Portman NHS TrustTransparency InternationalUNICEF UKWorking Men's CollegeWho's WhoOxford University PressThe TimesThe London GazetteHoneyball, MaryParliamentary Debates (Hansard)