Patricia Jane Moberly was a British public servant, Labour politician, activist, and teacher.
32 Facts About Patricia Moberly
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Patricia Moberly is best known for her work as Chair of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust between 1999 and 2011.
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Patricia Moberly's father was in the Royal Navy meaning that the family moved around a lot.
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Patricia Moberly was educated at seven schools, including a boarding school during her teenage years.
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Patricia Moberly's husband was an Anglican priest and she followed him to Northern Rhodesia when he was posted to a parish there.
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Patricia Moberly became one of the few white women to join the United National Independence Party.
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Patricia Moberly continued her career in teaching, working at three different schools over a more than thirty-year period.
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Patricia Moberly served on her local Area Health Authority in the 1970s and then on its successor the District Health Authority in the 1980s.
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Patricia Moberly served as a governor of Maudsley Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital in the 1970s, and as a governor of the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in the 1980s.
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Patricia Moberly additionally served as a lay member of the General Medical Council in the 21st century.
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Patricia Moberly was born on 20 October 1938 in Fareham, Hampshire, England.
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Patricia Moberly was the youngest child of Gerald Coney, a Royal Navy officer, and Margaret Coney.
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Patricia Moberly was educated a six different schools before being sent to board at Sunny Hill School, a private school.
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Patricia Moberly's father had not wanted her to attend university, stating that she was "fit only to be a cook".
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Patricia Moberly later undertook postgraduate studies at King's College London, completing her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1985.
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Patricia Moberly taught English at The John Roan School in Greenwich, from 1967 to 1968, and at Mary Datchelor School in Camberwell from 1968 to 1974.
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Patricia Moberly then joined Pimlico School, where she was a senior teacher from 1974 to 1998 and the head of Sixth Form from 1985 to 1998.
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Patricia Moberly joined the United National Independence Party, becoming one of its few white female members.
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Patricia Moberly hosted political exiles from South Africa, including Zanele Dlamini Mbeki, future wife of Thabo Mbeki and First Lady of South Africa.
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Patricia Moberly was an elected councillor on Lambeth London Borough Council between 1971 and 1978.
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Patricia Moberly had been accused of throwing a placard stating "No Peace Without Majority Rule" at a car containing the then prime minister, Ted Heath: she was convicted of a breach of the peace.
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Patricia Moberly was defended by the eminent barrister Dingle Foot.
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Patricia Moberly's conviction was overturned on appeal, due in part because the Morning Star published a photograph of her under arrest but still holding the placard in question.
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Patricia Moberly was a member of the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Area Health Authority from 1976 to 1981, and then of the Lambeth District Health Authority from 1981 to 1990.
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Patricia Moberly was a lay member of the General Medical Council in 2002, and in 2003.
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Patricia Moberly served as a governor of Maudsley Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital, two psychiatric hospitals, from 1976 to 1978.
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Patricia Moberly served as a governor of the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals from 1988 to 1990.
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Patricia Moberly was a non-executive director of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust from 1997 until becoming its chairwomen.
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From 1999 to 2011, Patricia Moberly served as Chair of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
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Patricia Moberly was succeeded in the role by Sir Hugh Taylor, a retired civil servant.
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In 1959, the then 20-year-old Patricia Coney married Richard Hamilton Moberly, an Anglican priest.
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Patricia Moberly died on 2 September 2016, aged 77; she had cancer.