Jane Denton, Baroness Denton of Wakefield, CBE (29 December 1935, West Yorkshire - 5 February 2001, Battersea) was a champion racing driver, a British minister for Northern Ireland. After 1991 she was a Member of the House of Lords.
Jean Moss was born in 1935 she was the daughter of Charles and Kathleen Moss (born Tuke) in Wakefield in Yorkshire.[1] Her father worked at a hospital and her mother was a school cook. When she was 8 she represented Yorkshire in a child's version of the radio programme Round Britain Quiz.[2] Moss attended Rothwell Grammar School near Leeds.[1] When she was fourteen she had to take bed rest for a year to cure a kidney infection, despite this she won a scholarship as head girl to attend the London School of Economics. In 1958 she married Tony Denton.[3] Having earned her Economics degree she joined the marketing department of the consumer company Proctor and Gamble.[2]
From 1961 to 1964 she was in the marketing department of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) which was part of The Economist group of companies. At about this time she became interested in motor-racing. She learnt to drive late at the age of 26.[2] Until 1966 she worked for IPC Media and until 1969 she led the Hotel and Catering Department of the University of Surrey. In her spare time she won the 1967 and 1968 title of Britain's Woman Racing Champion.[2]
In 1969 she gave up work in marketing and management and devoted her time to driving. She took part and was the only woman to complete in a sports car the London-Sydney Marathon. The following year she was sponsored by Woman magazine to drive an Austin Maxi in the World Cup rally through Europe and South America.[2]
She combined her interests and skills and took work as a senior manager in the British automotive industry. She was Marketing Director for the Hampstead Huxford Garage Group from 1972 and in 1978 she moved to the Heron Motor Group at the invitation of Gerald Ronson.[2] From 1980 she became the managing director of a car rental company until she became the most powerful female in the British car industry when she became the director of public relations for the Austin Rover group.[2] In 1987, she was Director of the public relations company Burson-Marsteller.
Denton's political career began in 1985 with the takeover of the management of the Ordnance Survey; there was 1985-1988 Director (Director). In 1987 she was Deputy Chairman (Deputy Chairman) of the Black Country Development Corporation; This was commissioned by the British government with the reconstruction of the industrial areas around Walsall, Sandwell and Wolverhampton and the search for suitable investors. Denton was director of several quasi-governmental bodies, including the NHS Policy Board, the Teachers' Pay Review Board and the Executive Board (Board) by British Nuclear Fuels in the subsequent period. From 1987 to 1992 she was director there (Director) by British Nuclear Fuels.[4]
She was 1992-1993 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State under Michael Heseltine (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State) in the British Trade and the Ministry of Economy (Department of Trade and Industry). In 1993, she was Parliamentary State Secretary in the British Department of Energy (Department of Energy). From 1994 to 1997 she was under the government of Prime Minister John Major as Parliamentary Under-Staatssekretärim active in the Northern Ireland Office.[5] She was the first woman who exercised political office with ministerial rank at the Northern Ireland Office.[5] Denton was initially responsible for agriculture, health policy and social (Social Services).[5] Later, she took over the office of the Minister of Economy (Economy Minister) for Northern Ireland[5] In 1995, she acted as the Ministry of Economy the UK at the Inter-governmental Conference on Ulster, in Washington, DC took place. A political and personal friendship bound them, despite their different political camps and viewpoints, with Mo Mowlam, the Northern Ireland Secretary of the Labour Party. Mowlan called Denton in a personal opinion on Denton's death in 2001, a "wonderful ambassador for the cause of Northern Ireland".[5] Denton had recognized the fundamental fact that it is essential for a lasting peace between the people of Northern Ireland that people would work there.
Other offices [edit] Denton held several other offices. She was a member of the Board (Governor) of the London School of Economics (1982-1991). She was Director (Director) of the London and Edinburgh Insurance Group (1989-1992). She was also Director (Director) at the British finance company Triplex Lloyd (1990-1992). She was co-founder of Forum UK, the International Forum for Women of the British section, and President (President) of the organization Women on the Move against Cancer.[1] Membership of the House of Lords [edit] June 11, 1991 Denton was appointed Life Peer and became a member of the House of Lords; they bore the title Baroness Denton, of Wakefield.[4] It was proposed by John Major for the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, she sat for the Conservative Party.
From 1991 to 1992 she held in her capacity as parliamentary secretary of the Conservative Party faction (Government Whip) the House of Lords the Protocol volunteering a "Baroness-in-Waiting". Later, she was in the House of Lords spokesperson of the opposition in the fields of trade and economy (Trade and Industry Spokeswoman).[1] Your acceptance speech she held on 19 June 1991.[6] In her speech she highlighted the economic benefits of the British working class out praise. In Hansard word contributions Denton's House of Lords from 1991 to 1999 documented. In July 1999, she answered with a question during a debate on the Northern Ireland policy (Northern Ireland) for the last time in the House of Lords to speak.
Awards and honors [edit] In 1972, she became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM) 1974 Fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry (FIMI). In 1987 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). In 1988 she became a member (Companion) of the British Institute of Management (CBIM). In 1990 she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Private [edit]
Jean Denton, née Moss married in 1958 Dr. Anthony A. Denton (Tony Denton), a ship's engineer.[1] She was wearing from 1958 the married name Denton. The marriage was divorced in 1974. After her divorce Denton remained single all his life and he dedicated himself to their careers and their political careers. In 1989 ill Denton difficult to breast cancer; However, they could be healed. In autumn 1998, a malignant brain tumor was diagnosed with, which was finally removed surgically. Mo Mowlan who was among the first persons who Denton informed of her illness, her standing in the subsequent recovery after surgery as a friend to the side.[1] [3] Denton died at the age of 65 years from the consequences of their cancer.