Baroness Masham of Ilton, DL

Forename(s): Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister (Susan, Countess of Swinton)
Sex: Female
Decorations: DL (N Yorks 1991)
Date of Birth: 14/4/1935

Foretitle(s): Baroness (Life Peer UK 1970), of Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire;
Surname: MASHAM OF ILTON
Style: Baroness Masham of Ilton, DL
Recreations: swimming, breeding Highland ponies, gardening

Career: sits as Independent peer in House of Lords; memb: Parly All-Pty Disablement Gp Drug Misuse Ctee (vice-chm), Parly Gps on Children, Alcohol Misuse, Breast Cancer, Food and Health, Skin and Epilepsy, Penal Affairs, Primary Care and Public Health; vice-chm Parly AIDS Ctee; memb: Bd of Visitors for Wetherby Borstal (now Young Offenders Inst) 1963-94, Yorks RHA 1982-90, Family Health Services Authy N Yorks 1990-96, Gen Advsy Cncl of BBC until 1991; chm: Home Office Ctee on Young People Alcohol and Crime, Cncl London Lighthouse; dir Assoc for the Prevention of Addiction; pres: N Yorks Red Cross 1963-88 (patron 1989-), Yorks Assoc for Disabled 1963-98, Spinal Injuries Assoc 1982-, The Psoriasis Assoc, The Registration Cncl of Scientists in Health Care, League of Friends of Harrogate Hosps, Inst of Welfare Offrs, Ripon St Cecilia Orch; vice-pres: Coll of Occupational Therapists Action for Dysphasic, Hosp Saving Assoc; patron: Disablement Income Group, Adults (DIA), Int Spinal Res Tst; pres, vice-pres and patron of numerous other orgns; Freeman Borough of Harrogate 1989; hon fell Bradford & Ilkley Community Coll 1988; Hon MA: York 1985, Open Univ 1985; Hon LLD: Univ of Leeds 1988, Teesside Univ 1993, UEA 2001; Hon DSc Univ of Ulster 1990, Hon DLitt Keele Univ 1993; hon fell: Royal Coll of GPs 1981, Chartered Soc of Physiotherapy 1996