Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston
The Right Honourable The Lord Low of Dalston | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2018 | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 13 June 2006 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Colin Mackenzie Low (1942-09-23) 23 September 1942 (age 81) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Political party | None (crossbencher) |
Alma mater | Worcester College for the Blind The Queen's College, Oxford University of Cambridge |
Low's voice recorded 2012, as part of an audio description of SUBJECT for VocalEyes | |
Colin Mackenzie Low, Baron Low of Dalston, CBE (born 23 September 1942) is a British politician, law scholar and member of the House of Lords.
Early life
Low was born in Edinburgh and has been blind since the age of three. He was educated at what is now New College Worcester, at The Queen's College, Oxford (BA) and at Cambridge University (Diploma in Criminology).
Career
Low was a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Leeds from 1968 until 1984 and later held a research post at City University London until 2000.[1]
He is a vice-president of the RNIB and former chairman. He was also President of the European Blind Union[2] (EBU) for 8 years from 2003. He is a board member of the Snowdon Trust, founded by the Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, which provides grants and scholarships for students with disabilities.[3]
Low is the Immediate Past President of the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment.[4]
Honours
Low was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to the RNIB and disabled peoples' rights.[5] On 13 June 2006, he was created a life peer as Baron Low of Dalston, of Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney[6] and he sits as a crossbencher.
In 2014 he was awarded the Liberty Human Rights 'Campaign of the Year Award'. The citation reads: "for leading the campaign to ensure the protection of the Human Rights Act would apply to all residential care provided or arranged by local authorities. His victory forced the Government to accept the importance of guaranteeing human rights protections by demonstrating just how relevant those rights are for all." The award was presented to Lord Low at the annual Human Rights Awards ceremony at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 1 December 2014.
References
- ^ UKAAF, Profile Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today
- ^ http://www.euroblind.org [bare URL]
- ^ "Our board". The Snowdon Trust. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "ICEVI - International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment". ICEVI. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "No. 55710". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1999. p. 10.
- ^ "No. 58013". The London Gazette. 16 June 2006. p. 8261.
- House of Lords minutes
- Lord Low's maiden speech
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Gentlemen Baron Low of Dalston | Followed by |