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Diana Louie Elles, Baroness Elles
(19 July 1921 – 17 October 2009) was a barrister and
United Nations
representative from the
United Kingdom
. She was a delegate to the
European Parliament
for over a decade.
Early years
Born
Diana Newcombe
in
Bedford
, she was the daughter of Colonel
Stewart Francis Newcombe
and his wife Elisabeth Chaki, who had met in his war captivity. Her father was a close friend of
T.E.Lawrence
After education at private schools in
London
,
Paris
and
Florence
, she went to the
University of London
, where she graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts
in French and Italian in 1941. During the
Second World War
Elles served in the
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
, becoming a
Flight Officer
in 1944. Versed in mathematics she was attached to
Bletchley Park
and was part of a team of code-breakers.
Career in England
Elles was called to the bar by
Lincoln's Inn
in 1956 and worked in the voluntary care committee in
Kennington
. She was director of the
National Institute of Houseworkers
, opening an...
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