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Digital boss Martha Lane Fox to get peerage | Digital boss Martha Lane Fox to get peerage |
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E-commerce pioneer and government adviser Martha Lane Fox is to join the House of Lords. | E-commerce pioneer and government adviser Martha Lane Fox is to join the House of Lords. |
The co-founder of travel website lastminute.com - who is Prime Minister David Cameron's "digital champion" - will sit as an independent. | The co-founder of travel website lastminute.com - who is Prime Minister David Cameron's "digital champion" - will sit as an independent. |
She will take the title Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho in the City of Westminster. | She will take the title Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho in the City of Westminster. |
Composer and broadcaster Michael Berkeley will also get a peerage, the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission announced. | Composer and broadcaster Michael Berkeley will also get a peerage, the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission announced. |
Ms Lane Fox told friends on Twitter that it was a "real privilege" to be ennobled, adding: "Will get robe on and get them [her parliamentary colleagues] moving." | Ms Lane Fox told friends on Twitter that it was a "real privilege" to be ennobled, adding: "Will get robe on and get them [her parliamentary colleagues] moving." |
Aged 40 when she will join the Lords, Ms Lane Fox is set to become the youngest female peer. | |
The addition of a hyphen to her surname for the purposes of her title was required under peerage rules, she confirmed. | The addition of a hyphen to her surname for the purposes of her title was required under peerage rules, she confirmed. |
Ms Lane Fox also founded the Go On UK charity to spread digital skills and has her own grant-giving foundation, Antigone, funding charities that target neglected causes. | Ms Lane Fox also founded the Go On UK charity to spread digital skills and has her own grant-giving foundation, Antigone, funding charities that target neglected causes. |
She is a non-executive director of the Efficiency and Reform Board at the Cabinet Office and the Government Digital Service. | She is a non-executive director of the Efficiency and Reform Board at the Cabinet Office and the Government Digital Service. |
Ms Lane Fox confessed online that she had inadvertently broken Lords protocol by revealing the title she would take before being formally introduced in the upper house. | Ms Lane Fox confessed online that she had inadvertently broken Lords protocol by revealing the title she would take before being formally introduced in the upper house. |
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