Tessa Keswick was influential in British politics as the special advisor to Kenneth Clarke and then as director of the Centre for Policy Studies.
11 Facts About Tessa Keswick
Tessa Keswick was Chancellor of the University of Buckingham from 2014 to 2020.
Tessa Keswick served as a special policy advisor to Kenneth Clarke from 1989 to 1995.
Tessa Keswick wrote on these subjects for most of the national newspapers, and appeared on radio and on television.
Tessa Keswick has contributed articles for The Daily Telegraph, The New Statesman, Financial Times, and The Spectator, among other publications.
On 9 January 2020, Tessa Keswick published The Colour of the Sky After Rain, about her impression of the Chinese people and their culture after decades of travel to China and the Far East.
In September 2013, Tessa Keswick was appointed a director of Daily Mail and General Trust.
Tessa Keswick was a patron of the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Tessa Keswick was the daughter of Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and Rosamond Delves.
Tessa Keswick was married firstly to Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, and then to businessman Sir Henry Keswick from 1985.
Tessa Keswick died of ovarian cancer on 13 September 2022, at the age of 79.