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The Baroness Dunn DBE, JP | |
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| Life peer in the House of Lords | |
| In office 24 August 1990 – 29 June 2010 | |
| Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1985-1988 | |
| Appointed by | Edward Youde |
| Governor | Edward Youde David Akers-Jones David Wilson |
| Preceded by | Rogerio Hyndman Lobo |
| Succeeded by | Allen Lee |
| Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1985-1988 | |
| Appointed by | Edward Youde |
| Governor | Edward Youde David Akers-Jones David Wilson |
| Preceded by | Harry Fang |
| Succeeded by | Allen Lee |
| Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council | |
| In office 1988-1995 | |
| Appointed by | David Wilson |
| Governor | David Wilson David Robert Ford Chris Patten |
| Preceded by | Sze-Yuen Chung |
| Succeeded by | Rosanna Wong |
| Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council | |
| In office 1988-1995 | |
| Appointed by | David Wilson |
| Governor | David Wilson David Robert Ford Chris Pattern |
| Preceded by | Sze-Yuen Chung |
| Succeeded by | Rosanna Wong |
| Chairlady of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council | |
| In office 1983-1991 | |
| Preceded by | Yuet Keung Kan |
| Succeeded by | Victor Fung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 February 1940 Hong Kong |
| Spouse | Michael David Thomas |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's Convent School College of the Holy Names University of California, Berkeley |
Lydia Selina Dunn, Baroness Dunn, DBE, JP (Chinese: 鄧蓮如; pinyin: Dèng Liánrú; Jyutping: dang6 lin4 jyu4; born 29 February 1940) was the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in Hong Kong in 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.
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 (唐明治), CMG, QC, 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
Dunn was created a DBE in 1989. In 1990 she was made a life peer as Baroness Dunn, of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong and of Knightsbridge in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and so became a member of the House of Lords. 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.[2]
- Miss Lydia Dunn (1940-1976)
- Lydia Dunn, JP (1976-1978)
- Lydia Dunn, OBE, JP (1978-1983)
- 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
- ^ "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