Elizabeth Rose Berridge, Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose
Elizabeth Rose Berridge, Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose was born on 22nd March 1972. She is a British Conservative politician and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011. She is currently the youngest female member of the House of Lords, and often meets with young people to encourage them to get involved in civic life.
Political career[edit]
She works on projects relating to policing, human rights and foreign affairs as well as being patron of the Rutland Foodbank. Elizabeth founded and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief which spawned her interest in the Central African Republic. She is also a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Since 2011 she is a member of Human Rights Joint Committee and between 2011 and 2012 she was a member of Statutory Instruments Joint Committee. She was a Trustee of More than Gold Olympic Charity since 2011 and executive director of Conservative Christian Fellowship between 2005 and 2011.
Education[edit]
She attended Vale of Catmose College comprehensive school (from which she took her title) and Rutland College. She studied law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and undertook barrister’s training at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. She has lived in Trinidad and Tobago and Ghana and she is interested in these countries. Her professional career as a barrister was at Kings Chambers Manchester, where she specialised in personal injury and licensing law. She was involved in many other activities such as charitable work and local politics, and she was an active member of her local church, Holy Trinity Platt.
