Lydia Dunn
| The Right Honourable The Baroness Dunn DBE, JP File:Baroness Dunn
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| Life peer in the House of Lords (cross-bencher) | |
| In office 24 August 1990 – 29 June 2010 |
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| Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1985-1988 |
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| Governor | Edward Youde David Akers-Jones David Wilson |
| Appointed by | Edward Youde |
| Preceded by | Rogerio Hyndman Lobo |
| Succeeded by | Allen Lee |
| Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1985-1988 |
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| Governor | Edward Youde David Akers-Jones David Wilson |
| Appointed by | Edward Youde |
| Preceded by | Harry Fang |
| Succeeded by | Allen Lee |
| Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1988-1995 |
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| Governor | David Wilson David Robert Ford Chris Patten |
| Appointed by | David Wilson |
| Preceded by | Sir Sze-Yuen Chung |
| Succeeded by | Dame Dr Rosanna Wong |
| Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1988-1995 |
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| Governor | David Wilson David Robert Ford Chris Pattern |
| Appointed by | David Wilson |
| Preceded by | Sir Sze-Yuen Chung |
| Succeeded by | Dame Dr Rosanna Wong |
| Chairlady of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council | |
| In office 1983-1991 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Yuet-Keung Kan |
| Succeeded by | Victor Fung |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1976–1985 |
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| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1982-1988 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | ) 29 February 1940 Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Michael David Thomas |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's Convent School College of the Holy Names University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Deputy Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc Director of Swire Pacific Ltd Director of John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd Chairlady of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Chairlady of The Prince Philip Dental Hospital Chairlady of Hong Kong-Japan Business Co-operation Committee Chairlady of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trustees Board Vice Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (HK) Hong Kong Association President |
Lydia Selina Dunn, Baroness Dunn (Chinese: 鄧蓮如; Mandarin Pinyin: Dèng Liánrú; Jyutping: dang6 lin4 jyu4; born 29 February 1940) , DBE, JP, was the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1985-1988 and 1988-1995, after Rogerio Hyndman Lobo and Chung Sze-Yuen respectively. She has been deputy chairman of banking giant HSBC in 1992-2008.
As one of the most senior politicians in Hong Kong, Dunn had considerable influence in the Government of Hong Kong before her retirement in 1992, after Chris Patten was made Governor.
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Personal life
Born in Hong Kong[1] to Yen Chuen Yih Dunn and Bessie Dunn on 29 February 1940, Lydia Dunn is married to Michael David Thomas (Chinese: 唐明治), the Attorney General of Hong Kong from 1983 to 1988.
Education
She was educated at St. Paul's Convent School in Hong Kong, and at the College of the Holy Names and the University of California, Berkeley.
Career
She joined the Swire Group in 1964 and now she is an Executive Director of John Swire & Sons Limited and a Director of Swire Pacific Limited. She was appointed to a seat on the Legislative Council in 1976.
Being a non-executive director since 1990 and a non-executive Deputy Chairman in 1992-2008 of the HSBC Group, she also served as a non-executive director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited from 1981 to 1996.
Honours and titles
In the New Year Honours List of 1989 Dunn was elevated to the rank of Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE).[2] In 1990 Dunn was created a life peer as Baroness Dunn,[3] of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong and of Knightsbridge in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and became a member of the House of Lords.[4] In July 2010, it was announced that Baroness Dunn had given up her seat in the Lords in order to retain her non-domiciled tax status following the passing of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.[5]
- Miss Lydia Dunn (1940-1976)
- Miss Lydia Dunn, JP (1976-1978)
- Miss Lydia Dunn, OBE, JP (1978-1983)
- Miss Lydia Dunn, CBE, JP (1983-1989)
- Dame Lydia Dunn, DBE, JP (1989-1990)
- The Right Honourable The Baroness Dunn, DBE, JP (1990-)
Book
- In the Kingdom of the Blind (1983)
References
- Dod's Parliamentary Communications biography. Retrieved March 11, 2006. Non-subscribers of Dodonline.co.uk can gain access to the full biography through British Parliament homepage
- Forbes.com profile. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- Buckingham University honorary graduates profile. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- HSBC board of directors profile. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- ^ Lydia Dunn becomes Hong Kong's "Miss Trade Promotion", The Bulletin, June 1983
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51578. p. 16. 30 December 1988.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52173. p. 1. 15 June 1990.
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 52257. p. 16. 30 August 1990.
- ^ "Four non-dom peers leaving Lords". BBC News. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.; WhatDoTheyKnow.com: Letter from Baroness Dunn to the House of Lords
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| Preceded by Harry Fang |
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member in Legislative Council 1985–1988 |
Succeeded by Allen Lee |
| Preceded by Roger Lobo |
Senior Unofficial Member in Legislative Council 1985–1988 |
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