Английская Википедия:Ann Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Ann Moira Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill (19 March 1920 – 6 July 1995) was a Scottish politician, aristocrat, and pilot. As the holder of a hereditary peerage, she was a member of the House of Lords.
Biography
Ann Moira Sempill was born on 19 March 1920.[1] Her father, William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill, was an air pioneer and spy for the Empire of Japan.[2] She and her mother, Eileen (née Lavery), Lady Sempill, are depicted in a 1923 painting by her maternal grandfather John Lavery.[3]
She became interested in flying and decided to apply for a pilot's A licence to become the United Kingdom's youngest woman to be a qualified pilot,[4] eventually succeeding and becoming proficient by 1941.[5] She offered the First Fruits at the 1938 Gorsedh Kernow bard initiation ceremony.[6] During World War II, she was a Women's Royal Naval Service petty officer.[1] She joined the Anglo Austrian Society's committee in 1966.[7]
She was married to Eric Holt, a member of the Manchester Regiment from Oxford, from 25 October 1941 until their divorce in 1945;[1] they had one daughter.[2] On 28 October 1948, she later married Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Whitemore Chant-Sempill Шаблон:Post-nominals, who served in the Gordon Highlanders and the No. 5 Commando.[1] They had two children: James Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, and Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Chant-Sempill (1951-2017).[2]
On her father's death on 30 December 1965, she succeeded to the title of Lord Sempill and, by extension, his seat in the House of Lords, remaining until her death.[8] She became a Conservative peer on 19 July 1966.[8] Her maiden speech at the House was on 7 February 1967, in which she asked the government to address the issue of juvenile delinquency.[9]
Forbes-Sempill died on 6 July 1995.[10]
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