Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Who was Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour?

Elizabeth Patricia Carnegy of Lour, Baroness Carnegy of Lour FRSA, DL was a Scottish academic and activist.

The daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Ughtred Elliott Carnegy of Lour, and his wife, Violet, Elizabeth Carnegy was educated at Downham School in Essex. She worked in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge from 1943–46 and was President for Scotland of the Girl Guides Association from 1979–89. She was a member of the Council and Finance Committee of Open University from 1984–96. She was a member of the court of the St Andrews University from 1991–96. Beginning in 1989, she was an honorary member of the Scottish Library Association.

Carnegy was chair of the Working Party on Professional Training in Community Education Scotland, Commissioner at Manpower Services Commission, and a member of the Scottish Council for Tertiary Education. From 1980–83, she was chairman of the Manpower Services Commission Committee for Scotland. From 1980–83, she was a member of the Scottish Economic Council. In 1981, she became chair of the Scottish Council for Community Education, and in 1984 became a member of the administration council of the Royal Jubilee Trust, holding both posts until 1988.