Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids
The Baroness Howells of St Davids | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 21 July 1999 – 10 January 2019 | |
| Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Vice Chancellor | Les Ebdon Bill Rammell |
| Preceded by | Sir Robin Biggam |
| Succeeded by | John Bercow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rosalind Patricia-Anne George 10 January 1931 St Davids, Grenada, British Windward Islands |
| Died | 14 October 2025 (aged 94) |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | John Charles Howells (m. 1955; died 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | St Joseph's College, Reading South West London College |
| Alma mater | University of the District of Columbia |
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Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, OBE, COG (née George; 10 January 1931 – 14 October 2025) was a British Labour politician, who served as member of the House of Lords from 1999 to 2019.
Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1994 New Year Honours for voluntary services, she was made a life peer as Baroness Howells of St Davids, of Charlton in the London Borough of Greenwich on 21 July 1999. The name St Davids refers to the parish in Grenada where she was brought up, to the south-east of the island. She retired from the House of Lords on 10 January 2019.
Howells was appointed a Companion of the Order of Grenada (COG) in 2009.