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|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name = The Baroness Anelay of St Johns
|name = The Baroness Anelay of St Johns
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|image = Official portrait of Baroness Anelay of St Johns, 2020.jpg
|image = Official portrait of Baroness Anelay of St Johns, 2020.jpg
|caption = Anelay in 2020
|caption = Anelay in 2020
|office = Chair of the [[International Relations and Defence Committee]]
|office = Chair of the [[International Relations and Defence Committee]]
|predecessor = [[David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford|The Lord Howell of Guildford]]
|predecessor = [[David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford|The Lord Howell of Guildford]]
|successor =
|successor =
|term_start = 1 July 2019
|term_start = 1 July 2019
|term_end =
|term_end =
|office1 = [[Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union|Minister of State for Exiting the EU]]
|office1 = [[Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union|Minister of State for Exiting the EU]]
|primeminister1 = [[Theresa May]]
|primeminister1 = [[Theresa May]]
|1blankname1 = [[Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union|Sec. of State]]
|1blankname1 = [[Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union|Sec. of State]]
|1namedata1 = [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]]
|1namedata1 = [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]]
|term_start1 = 12 June 2017
|term_start1 = 12 June 2017
|term_end1 = 27 October 2017
|term_end1 = 27 October 2017
|predecessor1 = [[David Jones (Clwyd West MP)|David Jones]]
|predecessor1 = [[David Jones (Clwyd West MP)|David Jones]]
|successor1 = [[Martin Callanan|The Lord Callanan]]
|successor1 = [[Martin Callanan|The Lord Callanan]]
|office2 = [[Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom)|Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations]]
|office2 = [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations]]
|primeminister2 = [[David Cameron]]<br>[[Theresa May]]
|primeminister2 = [[Theresa May]]
|term_start2 = 6 August 2014
|term_start2 = 17 July 2016
|term_end2 = 12 June 2017
|term_end2 = 12 June 2017
|1blankname2 = [[Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs|Sec. of State]]
|1blankname2 = [[Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs|Sec. of State]]
|1namedata2 = [[Philip Hammond]]<br>[[Boris Johnson]]
|1namedata2 = [[Boris Johnson]]
|predecessor2 = [[Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi|The Baroness Warsi]]
|predecessor2 = ''Position established''
|successor2 = [[Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon|The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon]]
|successor2 = [[Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon|The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon]]
|office3 = [[Secretary of State for International Development|Minister of State for International Development]]
|office3 = [[Minister of State for South Asia and Central Asia]]
|primeminister3 = [[Theresa May]]
|primeminister3 = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start3 = 13 July 2016
|term_start3 = 6 August 2014
|term_end3 = 14 October 2016
|term_end3 = 17 July 2016
⚫
|1blankname3 = [[Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs|Sec. of State]]
|predecessor3 = ''Position established''
⚫
|1namedata3 = [[Philip Hammond]]
⚫
|1blankname3 = [[Secretary of State for International Development|Sec. of State]]
|predecessor3 = [[Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi|The Baroness Warsi]]
⚫
|1namedata3 = [[Priti Patel]]
|successor3 = [[Michael Bates, Baron Bates|The Lord Bates]]
|successor3 = [[Alok Sharma]]
|office4 = [[Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms|Chief Whip of the House of Lords<br>Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms]]
|office4 = [[Secretary of State for International Development|Minister of State for International Development]]
|primeminister4 = [[David Cameron]]
|primeminister4 = [[Theresa May]]
⚫
|term_start4 = 13 July 2016
⚫
|2blankname4 = [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard|Deputy]]
⚫
|term_end4 = 14 October 2016
⚫
|2namedata4 = [[David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland|The Lord Shutt of Greetland]]<br>[[Richard Newby, Baron Newby|The Lord Newby]]
|term_start4 = 12 May 2010
|predecessor4 = ''Position established''
|1blankname4 = [[Secretary of State for International Development|Sec. of State]]
⚫
|term_end4 = 6 August 2014
|1namedata4 = [[Priti Patel]]
⚫
|predecessor4 = [[Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton|The Lord Bassam of Brighton]]
|successor4 = [[John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach|The Lord Taylor of Holbeach]]
|successor4 = [[Michael Bates, Baron Bates|The Lord Bates]]
|office5 = [[Chief Whip|Opposition Chief Whip of the]] [[House of Lords|Lords]]
|office5 = [[Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms|Chief Whip of the House of Lords<br>Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms]]
|leader5 = [[David Cameron]]
|primeminister5 = [[David Cameron]]
⚫
|2blankname5 = [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard|Deputy]]
⚫
|term_start5 = 2 July 2007
⚫
|2namedata5 = [[David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland|The Lord Shutt of Greetland]]<br>[[Richard Newby, Baron Newby|The Lord Newby]]
⚫
|term_end5 = 11 May 2010
|term_start5 = 12 May 2010
⚫
| 2blankname5 = [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadowing]]
|term_end5 = 6 August 2014
⚫
| 2namedata5 = [[Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott|The Lord Grocott]]<br>[[Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon|The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon]]<br>[[Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton|The Lord Bassam of Brighton]]
|predecessor5 = [[John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley|The Lord Cope of Berkeley]]
|predecessor5 = [[Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton|The Lord Bassam of Brighton]]
|successor5 = [[Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton|The Lord Bassam of Brighton]]
|successor5 = [[John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach|The Lord Taylor of Holbeach]]
|office6 = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br/>[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
|office6 = [[Chief Whip|Opposition Chief Whip of the]] [[House of Lords|Lords]]
|term_start6 = 5 November 1996<br/>[[Life Peerage]]
|leader6 = [[David Cameron]]
|term_end6 =
|term_start6 = 2 July 2007
⚫
|term_end6 = 11 May 2010
⚫
| 2blankname6 = [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadowing]]
⚫
| 2namedata6 = [[Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott|The Lord Grocott]]<br>[[Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon|The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon]]<br>[[Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton|The Lord Bassam of Brighton]]
|predecessor6 = [[John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley|The Lord Cope of Berkeley]]
⚫
|successor6 = [[Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton|The Lord Bassam of Brighton]]
|office7 = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br/>[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
|term_start7 = 5 November 1996<br/>[[Life Peerage]]
|term_end7 =
|birth_name = Joyce Anne Clarke
|birth_name = Joyce Anne Clarke
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|17|df=y}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|17|df=y}}

Revision as of 22:44, 18 December 2020

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Anelay of St Johns
DBE PC FRSA
Anelay in 2020
Chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2019
Preceded byThe Lord Howell of Guildford
Minister of State for Exiting the EU
In office
12 June 2017 – 27 October 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Sec. of StateDavid Davis
Preceded byDavid Jones
Succeeded byThe Lord Callanan
Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations
In office
17 July 2016 – 12 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Sec. of StateBoris Johnson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byThe Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State for South Asia and Central Asia
In office
6 August 2014 – 17 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Sec. of StatePhilip Hammond
Preceded byThe Baroness Warsi
Succeeded byAlok Sharma
Minister of State for International Development
In office
13 July 2016 – 14 October 2016
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Sec. of StatePriti Patel
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byThe Lord Bates
Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office
12 May 2010 – 6 August 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
DeputyThe Lord Shutt of Greetland
The Lord Newby
Preceded byThe Lord Bassam of Brighton
Succeeded byThe Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Opposition Chief Whip of the Lords
In office
2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
ShadowingThe Lord Grocott
The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
The Lord Bassam of Brighton
Preceded byThe Lord Cope of Berkeley
Succeeded byThe Lord Bassam of Brighton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 November 1996
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Joyce Anne Clarke

(1947-07-17) 17 July 1947 (age 77)
London, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseRichard Anelay
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
University of London
Brunel University

Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, DBE, PC, FRSA (born 17 July 1947) is a British Conservative Party politician, previously serving as Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2014 to June 2017. Lady Anelay was appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union in the Second May ministry, after the 2017 reshuffle.[1]

Lady Anelay was Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 12 May 2010 until 6 August 2014, having previously been Opposition Chief Whip prior to the 2010 General Election.[2]

Early life

Born in Hackney on 17 July 1947, daughter of Stanley Clarke, she was christened Joyce Anne and was educated locally at Enfield County School.[3][4] She attended Bristol University, graduating with the degree of BA and after further studies at Brunel, took the postgraduate degree of MA.

Following university, Anelay worked as a secondary school teacher from 1969 to 1974. She later became a volunteer adviser with the Citizens' Advice Bureau, served as a Justice of the Peace for Surrey and sat on the Social Security Appeal Tribunal.[5]

Political career

Prior to her elevation to the peerage, Anelay held a number of senior posts in the Conservative Party organisation. She was Chair of the Conservative Women's National Committee from 1993 to 1996, appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1990,[6] and in 1995 was promoted Dame Commander (DBE).[7] She was created a Life Peer as Baroness Anelay of St Johns, of St John's in the County of Surrey in 1996.[8]

Between May 1997 and June 2002, Baroness Anelay served in various Conservative front bench posts, including Opposition Whip and Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport. She was a Shadow Home Office Minister from June 2002 to July 2007, and from 2 July 2007, she served as Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords until 2010.[9] In 2009, Lady Anelay was sworn of the Privy Council.

After the General Election, on 12 May 2010, Lady Anelay was appointed Government Chief Whip in the Lords and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.[10]

On 6 August 2014, the day after Baroness Warsi's resignation, Lady Anelay was appointed in Warsi's place as Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attending Cabinet (although not as a member). Anelay did not on take on Lady Warsi's Faith and Communities brief, which reverted to Eric Pickles.[11]

In April 2017, Lady Anelay expressed concerns about reports of homophobia in Chechnya, and she released the following statement: "The detention and ill-treatment of over 100 gay men in Chechnya is extremely concerning. Reports have also suggested that at least three of these men have been killed."[12]

In May 2020, as Chairwoman of the International Relations and Defence Committee in Britain’s House of Lords, she questioned whether Israel should continue to receive preferential access to the U.K. market if the plan for annexing West Bank territory, as laid out in the incoming unity government's coalition agreement, proceeds.[13]

Personal life

Anelay married in 1970, her university contemporary, Richard Anelay, QC, a Deputy High Court Judge, leading family and criminal law barrister, and former head of 1 King's Bench Walk Chambers.[14]

Arms

Coat of arms of Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Escutcheon
Barry of four azure and or five acorns in cross counterchanged.
Supporters
On either side an angel proper vested argent wings sashed and blowing a trumpet supported by the exterior hand or.[15]

References

  1. ^ [1] Evening Standard (12 June 2017). Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Baroness Anelay of St Johns". UK Parliament.
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Enfield County School Centenary" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Ministers". Government of the United Kingdom.
  6. ^ "No. 52173". The London Gazette. 15 June 1990. p. 9.
  7. ^ "No. 54066". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 1995. p. 8.
  8. ^ "No. 54554". The London Gazette. 17 October 1996. p. 13805.
  9. ^ "Cameron reshuffles shadow team". BBC News. 3 July 2007.
  10. ^ Her Majesty's Government Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE". Government of the United Kingdom.
  12. ^ Butterworth, Benjamin (11 April 2017). "Activists to protest Russian Embassy over Chechen concentration camps for gay men". Pink News. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  13. ^ "U.K. Lords Committee Calls to Limit Israel's Economic Access if Annexation Goes Ahead". Haaretz. 13 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Richard Anelay – Family Law Barristers London -". 1kbw.co.uk.
  15. ^ Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. 2000.
Party political offices
Preceded by Conservative Chief Whip of the House of Lords
2007–2014 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Shadow Chief Whip of the House of Lords
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Whip in the House of Lords
2010–2014 		Succeeded by
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
2010–2014
Preceded by Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
2014–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Exiting the European Union
12 June 2017 – 27 October 2017 		Succeeded by
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