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Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, KC (born 19 August 1955), is a Dominican-British barrister and politician, serving as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations. She was elected at the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and took office on 1 April 2016. She is the first woman to hold the post. [2]
Vera is a British crime drama television series based on the Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves. It ran on ITV for 14 years from 1 May 2011 to 2 January 2025 and starred Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope.
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal: 6 November 1997 Life peeress Labour: Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie: 21 July 1998 2022: Removed from the Labour Party whip Life peeress Non-affiliated 2022: 11 January 2023 (Suspended; whip restored in July) Labour: 11 July 2023 Labour: Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin: 21 July 1998
Jon Morrison is a Scottish actor who has appeared in many plays, films and television series since the early 1970s, including The Bill, Bergerac, Taggart and Vera. [1] [2]His best-known parts have been in the Peter McDougall plays Just Another Saturday (1975), about sectarianism in Glasgow, and The Elephants' Graveyard (1976), both with Billy Connolly and both part of BBC's Play for Today series.
Ladies of Letters is a comedy series that ran for 13 years on BBC Radio 4; based on the series of books of the same name written by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield, and starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
Vera [10] 2003 The Station Agent: Olivia Harris [5] 2003 All the Real Girls: Elvira Fine [5] 2003 Pieces of April: Joy Burns [5] 2004 Miracle: Patti Brooks [5] 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck: Shirley Wershba [5] 2005 The Dying Gaul: Elaine Tishop [5] 2006 The Woods: Ms. Traverse [10] 2006 All the King's Men: Sadie Burke [11] 2007 No ...
Lloyd's father was Welsh and his mother was Scottish, and Lloyd was born in Glasgow, Scotland. 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty: Nominated 1940 Alfred Hitchcock: Rebecca: Nominated 1944 Lifeboat: Nominated 1945 Spellbound: Nominated David Lean: Brief Encounter: Nominated 1947 Great Expectations: Nominated 1948 Laurence Olivier: Hamlet: Nominated 1949 ...
2nd Minister of Justice in Scotland Scotland: Europe 20 May 2003: 16 May 2007: 3 years, 361 days Kelly Ayotte 27th Attorney General of New Hampshire New Hampshire: North America 15 June 2004 17 July 2009 5 years, 32 days Judith Jagdmann 43rd Attorney General of Virginia Virginia: North America 1 February 2005 14 January 2006 347 days Linda Lavarch