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Janet Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico

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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
Official portrait of Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 May 2000 – 19 December 2024
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Janet Neel

(1940-07-04) 4 July 1940 (age 84)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse
James Lionel Cohen
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(m. 1971)​
Children3
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge (BA)

Janet Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (née Neel; born 4 July 1940), also known as Janet Neel, is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer. She is the daughter of George Edric Neel and Mary Isabel Budge. She was educated at South Hampstead High School, Hampstead, London, England and graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in law.

She started to work as a practising solicitor in 1965. She married James Lionel Cohen on 18 December 1971. She was a governor of the BBC between 1994 and 1999. She was created a life peer as Baroness Cohen of Pimlico', of Pimlico in the City of Westminster, on 3 May 2000[1] and sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords. She is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[2] Cohen retired from the House of Lords on 19 December 2024.[3]

As Janet Neel and Janet Cohen she is the author of crime fiction novels.

Early life and education

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Cohen was born Janet Neel on 4 July 1940 to George Edric Neel and Mary Isabel Neel (née Budge).[4] She was educated at South Hampstead High School in London, graduating in 1958,[5] and attended Newnham College, Cambridge, gaining a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in law in 1962.[4]

Career

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After working as an articled clerk from 1963, Cohen qualified as a solicitor in 1965. She worked as a consultant from 1965 until 1969, when she joined the Department of Trade and Industry as a civil servant.[4][6] Cohen was a director of Charterhouse Bank from 1982 to 2000, and a director and subsequently vice chairman of Yorkshire Building Society from 1991 to 1999.[4]

Personal life

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Janet Neel married James Lionel Cohen in 1971. They have two sons and a daughter.[4]

Bibliography

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Francesca Wilson and John McLeish series

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Other novels

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  • The Highest Bidder (1992); writing as Janet Cohen
  • Children of a Harsh Winter (1995); writing as Janet Cohen
  • Ticket to Ride (2005)

References

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  1. ^ "No. 55840". The London Gazette. 8 May 2000. p. 5023.
  2. ^ "St Edmund's College - University of Cambridge". www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ^ Lord McFall of Alcluith, Lord Speaker (10 July 2024). "Retirements of Members and Cessation of Membership". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Cohen of Pimlico". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2022. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U11381. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Renowned Writers – Janet Neel Cohen". South Hampstead High School. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Experience for Baroness Cohen of Pimlico". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. ^ Deutsch: Wer zweimal fällt, ist endlich tot
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