Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow

The Baroness Richardson
of Calow
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
3 August 1998 – 20 December 2018
President of the Methodist Conference
In office
1992–1993
Vice PresidentDr Edmund Marshall MP
Preceded byRonald W. C. Hoar
Succeeded byBrian Beck
Personal details
BornKathleen Margaret Fountain
(1938-02-24) 24 February 1938
EducationSt Helena School, Chesterfield
Alma mater
  • Stockwell College
  • Deaconess College, Ilkley
  • Wesley House, Cambridge
Known forFirst woman president of the British Methodist Conference
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Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, OBE (born 24 February 1938) is a British Methodist minister who was the first woman to serve as president of the Methodist Conference. Created a life peer in 1998, she served as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until 2018.