Tessa Keswick

Tessa Keswick, Lady Keswick (born The Honourable Annabel Terese Fraser, 15 October 1942) is a British policy analyst who worked at the Centre for Policy Studies and was chancellor of the University of Buckingham from 2014 to 2020.

Professional career

Keswick served as a special policy advisor to Kenneth Clarke from 1989 to 1995.[1] During that time she worked at the Department of State for Health, the Department of Education and Science, the Home Office and HM Treasury.

After resigning from this position in 1995,[2] she became executive director of the Centre for Policy Studies, eventually becoming its deputy chairman from January 2004 until April 2017.[3] In this role she contributed to, commissioned and published over 100 public policy pamphlets on the European Union, the Constitution, law and order, education, health, tax and regulatory affairs and women's issues. She has written on these subjects for most of the national newspapers, and appeared on radio and on television.

Journalism

Keswick has contributed articles for The Daily Telegraph,[4] The New Statesman,[5] Financial Times,[6] and The Spectator,[7] among other publications.

Books

On 9 January 2020, Keswick published The Colour of the Sky After Rain,[8] about her impression of the Chinese people and their culture after decades of travel to China and the Far East.[9][10]

Other positions

In September 2013, Keswick was appointed a director of Daily Mail and General Trust. In the same month, she was elected chancellor of the University of Buckingham, a position she held until 2020.[11]

She is a patron of the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In July 2007 she became a Fellow of King's College London.[12]

Personal life

Keswick is the daughter of Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and Rosamond Delves (née Broughton). She was formerly married to Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay and married businessman Sir Henry Keswick in 1985.[13]

References
  1. "Biography - Tessa Keswick - Author". Tessa Keswick. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. Patricia Wynn-Davies (25 February 1995). "Treasury adviser to resign". The Independent. ESI Media. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. "Blogs by Tessa Keswick". Centre for Policy Studies. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. Keswick, Tessa (2 December 2001). "Who is telling the truth about the health service?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  5. "Writers". New Statesman. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. "Tessa Keswick". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. "Author: Tessa Keswick". The Spectator. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. "The Colour of the Sky After Rain". Head of Zeus. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  9. Julia Llewellyn Smith. "Tessa Keswick's three rules for winning over China: don't show off, don't grovel and tell the truth". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 27 January 2020. (subscription required)
  10. "Tessa Keswick: The Changing Landscape of China". Robert Elms. BBC Radio London. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  11. Dean, Sam (23 January 2020). "Dame Mary Archer appointed new Chancellor of the University of Buckingham". Buckingham Advertiser. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  12. "Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the College as at June 2019" (PDF). King's College London. June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  13. "Annabel Terese (Tessa) FRASER". Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2020.


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