Jean Coussins, Baroness Coussins

Jean Elizabeth Coussins, Baroness Coussins, FCIL (born 26 October 1950) is a British parliamentarian and an adviser on corporate responsibility.

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Coussins

FCIL
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
23 March 2007
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born26 October 1950
NationalityBritish
Political partyCrossbench

Lady Coussins is a member of the Advertising Standards Authority, a member of the Better Regulation Commission, and was formerly Chief Executive of the Portman Group, a not–for–profit organisation promoting sensible drinking by consumers and responsible marketing by the drinks industry.

Her interests include:

  • Advisory Committee on Alcohol Problems
  • Non executive director and council member (broadcast and non-broadcast media), Advertising Standards Authority
  • Member, Alcohol Education and Research Council
  • Chair (Co-Chair since 2015), All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages (2008–present)
  • Vice-President, Chartered Institute of Linguists[1]

Personal life

Jean Coussins was educated at Godolphin and Latymer School, London, and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages in 1973.[2] She married, in 1976, Roger J. Hamilton, with whom she has three children; their marriage was dissolved in 1985.[2]

Honours

In February, 2007, the House of Lords Appointments Commission recommended she should be conferred with a Life Peerage as a Crossbencher in Parliament; her title was gazetted as Baroness Coussins, of Whitehall Park in the London Borough of Islington on 23 March 2007[3]. She has been conferred Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Linguists[4] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

In 2013, she was awarded the President's Medal by the British Academy.[5]

Arms

Lady Coussins' coat of arms is blazoned as follows:

Coat of arms of Jean Coussins, Baroness Coussins
Granted
2007
Escutcheon
Gules on each of two Pallets Argent between three Goblets in fess Or a Pallet Purpure
Supporters
On either side a Heraldic Dolphin Argent finned Or holding in the beak a Quill Argent spined Or
Motto
QUICQUID FACIAS FAC OPTIME
Symbolism
The three goblets represent the grantee's three children. Together with the chef’s hat they reflect the family's interests and connections with food and drink. The grantee was educated at Godolphin School; hence the dolphins which are shown with quills, alluding to the grantee's academic interests.

References
  1. www.iol.org.uk Archived 19 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "COUSSINS, Baroness (Jean Elizabeth Coussins)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
  3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58286
  4. www.parliament.uk
  5. "The British Academy President's Medal". British Academy. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

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