37 Facts About Cherie Blair

Cherie Blair is married to former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair.

Cherie Blair Booth attended Seafield Convent Grammar, which is part of Sacred Heart Catholic College, where she achieved four As in her A Levels.

Cherie Blair read law at the London School of Economics and graduated with First-Class Honours.

Cherie Blair came at the top of her year in the bar exams, while teaching law at the Polytechnic of Central London.

Cherie Blair was the Labour candidate for the Conservative safe seat of North Thanet in Kent in the 1983 general election, losing to Roger Gale.

Cherie Blair was a founding member of Matrix Chambers in London but no longer practises there.

Cherie Blair is Founder and chair of law firm Omnia Strategy LLP.

In January 2010, when sentencing a defendant, Shamso Miah, for assault, Cherie Blair announced that she would suspend his prison sentence after describing him as a "religious man".

The Office for Judicial Complaints released an initial statement saying they had "received a number of complaints in relation to the comments" that Cherie Blair had made when sentencing Shamso Miah and that the matter was under investigation.

In 2015, Cherie Blair defended Rwandan spy chief Emmanuel Karenzi Karake against accusations that he had conspired to murder three Spanish NGO workers and a Canadian priest.

Cherie Blair launched a company called Mee Healthcare with an American business partner Gail Lese in 2011.

In 2021, Cherie Blair worked as an ethics adviser for Israeli security firm NSO Group.

Cherie Blair was the third Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 1999 to 2006.

Cherie Blair is Governor of the London School of Economics and the Open University.

On 2 March 2011, Cherie Blair was appointed the Chancellor of the Asian University for Women.

Cherie Blair is regularly invited to speak at legal and leadership conferences, and has in the past participated in the World Law Forum, ET Women's Forum, Yidan Prize Summit and the Commonwealth Africa Summit, amongst others.

In July 1999, Cherie Blair was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University from the Open University.

Cherie Blair is a patron of Breast Cancer Care, a UK breast cancer information and support charity, Jospice, the international hospice organisation based in her home town of Crosby, and disability charity Scope.

Cherie Blair is involved with the British branch of Child in Need India, and is the organisation's patron.

In 2010, Cherie Blair spoke at WE Day, an event held by WE Charity as part of their ongoing effort to empower youth and encourage them to get involved in their communities.

Cherie Blair was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to women's issues and charity.

Cherie Blair publicly apologised for her embarrassing connection to Foster, stating "I did not think it was my business to choose my friends' friends".

In summer 2015, in the wake of the Hillary Clinton email controversy, Cherie Blair was revealed by The Guardian to have lobbied Clinton in 2009 on behalf of prominent members of the Qatari monarchy; Clinton was US Secretary of State at the time.

In one case, Cherie Blair herself stated that her purpose was to help the eldest of Sheikha Mosah's sons, Jassim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, "build up an international profile".

Cherie Blair obtained a pupillage in the chambers of Derry Irvine ahead of him, although he was taken on.

The Cherie Blair children attended Catholic secondary schools, including The London Oratory School.

All four children have Irish passports, by virtue of Tony Cherie Blair's mother, Hazel Elizabeth Corscadden, a Protestant, the daughter of George Corscadden, a butcher and Orangeman who moved to Glasgow in 1916 but returned to Ballyshannon in 1923, where Hazel was born to George and Sarah Margaret, above her family's grocery shop.

Cherie Blair's first grandchild was born in October 2015.

Cherie Blair has described herself as a socialist and, at times, has appeared to have views further to the left than those of her husband.

Cherie Blair toured the UK and took evidence from people affected by street crime and published a report and practical advice in June 2008.

In 2009, Cherie Blair urged the Catholic Church to reconsider its opposition to contraception, suggesting it could be holding some women back from pursuing a career.

In George W Bush's 2010 autobiography Decision Points, Blair is briefly described as a fierce opponent of the death penalty.

Cherie Blair co-authored, with Cate Haste, the 2004 book The Goldfish Bowl: Married to the Prime Minister.

Cherie Blair wrote a book of her memoirs, published in late May 2008, entitled Speaking for Myself: The Autobiography, and the book was listed as a Sunday Times best-seller.

Cherie Blair was a subject in "Shoot the Dog", a song by George Michael that is critical of Tony Blair and George W Bush.

In June 2019, Cherie Blair signed on as an executive producer for Jerusalem-set drama feature film The Rock Pile, a first try into film production for her.

Cherie Blair was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.