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Audrey Caroline Emerton, Baroness Emerton DBE, DStJ, FRCN (born 10 September 1935) is a cross bench member of the House of Lords. Appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 New Year Honours, she was created a life peer as Baroness Emerton, of Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent and of Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington on 17 February 1997.〔).〕 She worked in the National Health Service as Chief Nursing Officer of South East Thames Regional Health Authority throughout the 1980s, and is chiefly remembered and honoured for leading the programme that replaced Darenth Park Hospital, a huge asylum for people with learning disabilities, which closed in August 1988. She was Chancellor and Chief Commander of St John Ambulance and a volunteer with the organization for more than 50 years. She submitted her resignation in January 2002, saying she did not wish to seek a further three years in the post when her period of office expired in June 2002 〔(''The Guardian'' charity management report )〕 Emerton was elected Chairman of the charity Attend〔http://www.attend.org.uk/about-us/people-we-honour-0/attend-vips〕 (formerly known as National Association of Hospital and Community Friends) in 2003. When she retired as Chairman in 2006, she was honored as a Vice President and still holds this position. ==Arms== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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