Jackie Ashley

The Honourable
Jackie Ashley
President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
In office
October 2015 – 2018
Preceded byJanet Todd
Succeeded byMadeleine Atkins
Personal details
Born
Jacqueline Ashley

(1954-09-10) 10 September 1954 (age 70)
London, England
Spouse
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(m. 1987)​
Children3
Parent(s)Jack Ashley
Pauline Crispin
EducationSt Anne's College, Oxford
OccupationJournalist

Jacqueline Ashley (born 10 September 1954) is an English journalist and broadcaster.[1][2]

Early life

Ashley was born in St Pancras, London.[3] She is the daughter of Pauline Kay (née Crispin) and Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, a Labour MP and life peer.

She was educated at Rosebery Grammar School for Girls, a grammar school in Epsom, Surrey. She went on to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Anne's College, Oxford. She was a member of the Oxford University Broadcasting Society.

Career

She has been a television news reporter and newspaper journalist, writing for the New Statesman and The Guardian.[4] She specialises in the Labour Party, the media, politics, public services, trade unions and women's issues. She was broadly a supporter of Gordon Brown's government.

Having graduated from university, she spent two years, from 1979–81, as a trainee with the BBC. She was a producer and newsreader on Newsnight from 1981–84. Then, from 1984–86, she was a reporter on TV-am, and a producer and reporter on Channel 4. She moved to ITN in 1986, where she was a political correspondent. She then moved from television to print media, and was political editor of the New Statesman from 2000 to 2002. Since 2002, she has been a columnist and political interviewer for The Guardian.

From October 2015 to October 2018, Ashley was President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.[5][6] She has been a trustee of the Carers Trust since July 2019.[7][8]

Personal life

Jackie Ashley married fellow journalist Andrew Marr in Surrey in August 1987; they live in Primrose Hill, North London. The couple have a son and two daughters.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Ashley, Jacqueline, (born 10 Sept. 1954), President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, since 2015". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.5839.
  2. ^ "Ms Jackie Ashley Authorised Biography". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ^ "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Jackie Ashley – Honorary Graduate – Staffordshire University". www.staffs.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ Weale, Sally (21 November 2014). "Journalist Jackie Ashley takes over as president of Lucy Cavendish College". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Women in tech is main focus of new Lucy Cavendish College president Jackie Ashley Archived 27 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge News, 21 October 2015
  7. ^ "CARERS TRUST – Charity 1145181". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Meet the team". Carers Trust. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ Vallely, Paul (14 May 2005). "Andrew Marr: relentless rise of Renaissance man". The Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
Academic offices
Preceded by President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
2015–2018 		Succeeded by