A somewhat more improbable example is Baroness Orczy's aristocratic female Scotland Yard detective Molly Robertson-Kirk, known as Lady Molly of Scotland Yard.

Thus, upon marriage, the wife of The Prince of Wales assumes the styles and titles – Her Royal Highness The Princess ( husband ’ s Christian name ) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester, Countess of Carrick, Baroness of Renfrew, Lady of the Isles and Princess of Scotland.

* Baroness Scotland, Attorney General, grew up in Walthamstow and attended Walthamstow School for Girls.

Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, PC, DL ( née Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Garnett, born 12 March 1948, Dunoon, Scotland ) is a British Conservative Party politician.

In June 2007 Baird became the Solicitor General for England and Wales, the Senior Law Officer in the House of Commons and the Government ’ s Chief Legal Adviser and Criminal Justice Minister, a position she held jointly with the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland.

Baird and Baroness Scotland helped launch a new £ 7m police unit for England and Wales dedicated to tackling cyber crime and internet fraud.

Patricia Janet, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, QC ( born 19 August 1955 ) is a British barrister, and served in many ministerial positions within the UK Government, most notably as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland.

Baroness Scotland was born in the Commonwealth of Dominica as the tenth child of twelve.

Baroness Scotland made history in 1991 by becoming the first black woman to be appointed a Queen's Counsel.

From 1999 to 2001 Baroness Scotland was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office where she was inter alia, responsible for the UK Government's diplomatic relations with North America, the Caribbean, Overseas Territories, Consular Division, British Council, administration and all Parliamentary business in the House of Lords.

Baroness Scotland notably introduced the International Criminal Court Bill which sought to ratify the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court into UK law.

Baroness Scotland was a contender for a cabinet position in 2003, when Prime Minister Blair reportedly considered appointing her Leader of the House of Lords.

In 2003 Baroness Scotland was made Minister of State for the Criminal Justice system and Law Reform at the Home Office and deputy to the Home Secretary.

Baroness Scotland created Inside Justice Week and the Justice Awards.

Baroness Scotland continued her responsibility for international affairs at the Home Office and continued to represent the UK in a number of difficult and challenging international negotiations such as those relating to extradition.

In 2004 Baroness Scotland was considered to be a possible candidate to become a Commissioner of the European Union.

On 28 June 2007 Baroness Scotland was appointed Attorney General by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

During her time as Attorney General, Baroness Scotland continued to promote pro bono work by lawyers and created an international and Schools Pro Bono Committee which was responsible for co-ordinating pro bono work.

When Labour left government on 11 May 2010, Baroness Scotland became the Shadow Attorney General and was reappointed to that role by Ed Miliband when he appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in October 2010.

Baroness Scotland is the Patron of the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence.

Baroness Scotland was awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of East London in 2005.

Baroness Scotland was decreed and invested by Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, as a Dame of Merit with Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George in 2003.

In January 2010 Baroness Scotland gave the keynote address to the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as part of the Lionel Cohen lecture series.

Jumping on the spy bandwagon, other writers also started writing about spy fiction featuring female spies as protagonists, such as The Baroness, which has more graphic action and sex, as compared to other novels featuring male protagonists.

Since 1965 only one new baronetcy has been created, that ( on 7 Dec 1990 ), for the husband of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ( now Baroness Thatcher ), Sir Denis Thatcher.

Since July 2009 this has been chaired by Baroness Andrews.

George Keppel, third son of the seventh Earl, was the husband of Alice Edmondstone, the most well-known of the mistresses of King Edward VII, and the father of ( although his paternity has been questioned ) of the writer and socialite Violet Trefusis and of Sonia, Baroness Ashcombe.

Baroness Amos has never married and has no children.

She has played such roles as Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Kate in Kiss Me, Kate, Tanya in Mamma Mia !, Phyllis in Follies, Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Andrew in Mary Poppins, and Mrs Sowerberry and Mrs Bedwin in Oliver!

Critics noted, " Gold always gives excellent value in musicals: she ’ s talented, funny and energetic "; and " The highlight of the show for me has to be Christopher Biggins and Louise Gold as Baron and Baroness Bomburst.

A well-known painting identified by George Vertue in 1727 as Lady Frances Brandon and her second husband Adrian Stokes has now been correctly identified as Mary Nevill or Neville, Baroness Dacre and her son Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre.

From 2010, Baroness Symons has served as the Chairman of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce ( ABCC ).

Although once known as the ' Red Baroness ' despite her particular interests and personal manner, she has served as chairman of the ballet board of the Royal Opera House, the Fabian Society, and the Institute for Public Policy Research ( IPPR ), and has sat on the governing bodies of numerous other organisations.

Baroness Scotland has given speeches to the Professional Organisation for Women in Antigua and Barbuda, the Association of Turkish Women in Britain, the Peace Alliance, the Local Government Conference, the Black Solicitors ' Network, and the University of Sussex.

He was the Chairman of the Conservative Party until being replaced by Baroness Warsi in May 2010 and has been Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar in Essex since 1992.

Since his party came to power in 1997, he has served as PPS to Dr David Clark as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1997-8 and to Baroness Jay of Paddington as Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the Lords and Minister for Women 1998-2001.

The Kinsky family has denied such charges, arguing that Prince Franz Ulrich was just two years old at the time of his father's death and that he and his mother, Princess Kinsky ( née Baroness Mathilde von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen — whose family reputedly plotted against Hitler ) had left the occupied country and went into exile in Argentina shortly afterwards.

The bill faced criticism in the House of Lords, including a wrecking amendment from Lord Tebbit ( who has described sex reassignment surgery as " mutilation "), and from Baroness O ' Cathain, who introduced an amendment to allow religious groups to exclude transsexual people.

Since getting divorced, Baroness Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, previously Baroness Dudevant, the successful and notorious writer of sensational romance novels now living under the pseudonym George Sand, in Paris, has been in the habit of dressing like a man.

Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St. Johns, DBE, PC ( born 17 July 1947 ) is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and has been the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 12 May 2010, having previously been Opposition Chief Whip before the May 2010 General Election.

In February 2011 Baroness Ashton has come bottom of the class in a survey rating the performance of European Commissioners.

The annual Speech Day, at which boys are awarded various prizes, has been hosted by many famous speakers, including Rory Bremner, Gary Lineker, Henry Olonga, Sir Tim Rice, Sir Roger Bannister OG, Stephen Fry, Lord Coe ( 2007 ), Professor Malcolm Grant ( President and Provost of UCL ) ( 2008 ), Sir Michael Parkinson ( 2009 ), Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson ( 2010 ) and Hugh Dennis OG ( 2012 )

In addition, the U. S. state of Georgia has been identified as major sources of new sludge groups such as Mastodon, Baroness, Black Tusk and Kylesa.

Elspeth Rosamund Morton Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote CBE ( born Elspeth Rosamund Morton Shand, 8 February 1932 ) is a British Crossbencher life peer who has served in many capacities in public life.