Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings

She was created a life peer with the title Baroness Rawlings, of Burnham Westgate in the County of Norfolk on 5 October 1994 and entered the House of Lords where she held several frontbench positions.

[1] She served as an Opposition Whip (1997–1998), Spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport (1997–1998), Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1998–2010) and International Development (1998–2010).

[citation needed] An offer to buy the land for up to £24 million came unexpectedly from the Aga Khan Development Network, causing opposition from St Thomas'.

[3] It was rumoured that Baroness Rawlings had engineered the unsolicited offer[citation needed] which she strenuously denied, saying that as Chairman of King's College London Council she knew absolutely nothing about any such bid.

[citation needed] Baroness Rawlings insisted that it was a valuable part of the King's College London estate and that it should be sold to the highest bidder on the open market.