About Patricia Scotland
Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, (born 19 August 1955), is a Dominican-British barrister and politician who served as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2016 to 2025. She was the first woman to hold that post. After working as a barrister in London, she was appointed as a life peer in 1997 and, as a British Labour Party politician, served in ministerial positions within the UK Government, most notably as Attorney General for England and Wales and as Advocate General for Northern Ireland. She is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Dominica, where she was born. She then went on to Mid Essex Technical College in Chelmsford, and she obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from University College London, which at that time awarded the University of London's qualifications. She later founded the (now closed) 1 Gray's Inn Square barristers' chambers in London.
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