Peaches Golding

Summary

Lois Patricia Golding OBE CStJ, commonly known as Peaches Golding (born 1953), is an American-British business executive, administrator, and former academic who is Lord-Lieutenant of the County and City of Bristol. On her 2010 appointment as High Sheriff of Bristol, she was the second Black person and the first Black woman to hold the position. She was appointed Honorary Captain of the Royal Naval Reserves in June 2020.

Peaches Golding

Born
Lois Patricia Hauser[1]

1953 (age 70–71)
Spartanburg, South Carolina, US
Other namesPeaches Golding
EducationRichard J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation(s)Marketing and sustainability consultant
EmployerMoon Consulting Limited
Titleformer High Sheriff of Bristol
Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
Term2010–11 (High Sheriff)
2017–present (Lord Lieutenant)
PredecessorTimothy Lachlan Chambers (as High Sheriff)
Mary Prior (as Lord Lieutenant)
SuccessorJohn Cottrell (as High Sheriff)
Board member of
ITV West
GWR West
Avon & Somerset Police Authority
University of the West of England
North Bristol NHS Trust
General Chiropractic Council
SS Great Britain
SpouseBob Golding (d. 2022)
AwardsHonorary MBA, University of the West of England 2010[2]
OBE
CStJ
Websitehttps://www.lordltbristol.org.uk/

Early life and education edit

Peaches Golding was born Lois Patricia Hauser on 13 December 1953, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, US, one of two daughters of Charlie Brady Hauser[1] and his wife Lois Elizabeth Brown. Her father was an educator who won a settlement of $2000 from the Atlantic Greyhound Bus Company in 1947 after having been arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus,[1] eight years before that of Rosa Parks. He had served in the US Army during World War II and later for two terms in the North Carolina General Assembly in the early 1980s.[1]

Golding was educated at Richard J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she earned second place in a talent competition in 1970, performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.[3] In 1971, she attended the Governor's School of North Carolina. She then studied biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1976.[2]

Career edit

After graduation Golding worked as a teacher at the University of Ibadan and Loyola College in Ibadan, Nigeria, West Africa.[4] After meeting her husband, in 1983 she moved with him to Bristol, where she established a marketing and communications business[5] with clients including the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister, the Department for Education and Employment on its New Deal initiative, the Government Office for the South West, several Training and Enterprise Councils in the South West and Business Link.[6] She was employed by Business in the Community, both as a consultant and an employee, over a period of 17 years as Deputy Director of the Race for Opportunity campaign, Regional Director and Director of Special Projects.[citation needed]

She has served on a number of public bodies and private sector organisations, including as non-executive director of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust,[7] regional director of Business in the Community, North Bristol NHS Trust, GWR West, a member of the Ethnic Minority Business Forum, the Home Office representative on the Avon & Somerset Police Authority, governor of the University of the West of England, governor of the City of Bristol College, Regional Advisory Council for ITV West and as a member of the General Chiropractic Council. Since 2011 she has worked as a marketing consultant for Moon Consulting.[4][6][8]

In 2010, she was appointed High Sheriff of Bristol, the first Black woman to be appointed by the Sovereign to the post[2] and the second Black person, the first being Nathaniel Wells, the son of a Welsh merchant and a Black slave, in 1818. In 2017 she was appointed as the first black female Lord Lieutenant of Bristol.[5][9]

Honours edit

In 2009, Golding was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to minority ethnic people in the South-West of England.[5] The University of the West of England awarded her an honorary degree of Master of Business Administration.[2] In 2020, she was appointed Honorary Captain Royal Naval Reserve and awarded Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ).[citation needed]

Personal life edit

Golding lives in Bristol. She was married to Bob Golding, a zoologist and the former director of the Zoological Garden at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria;[4][10] he died in January 2022.[11][12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Vereen, Keith (Fall 2007). "Brother Dr. Charlie Brady (CB) Hauser – October 13, 1917 – November 11, 2007" (PDF). Clarion Call. 1 (3). Decatur, Georgia: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity: 74. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "UWE awards honorary degree to Peaches Golding OBE". UWE Press Office. University of the West of England. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Diane Bellamy places first in talent show". Washington Afro-American. 3 February 1970.
  4. ^ a b c Staff (26 February 2011). "Sheriff Peaches reflects upon an inspiring year". thisisbath.co.uk. Northcliffe Media. Retrieved 15 November 2011. Business in the Community
  5. ^ a b c Shute, Joe (11 March 2017). "Peaches Golding: from descendant of a slave to the first black female Lord-Lieutenant to the Queen". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b Moon, Vanessa (22 September 2011). "Moon Consulting Growth Strategy Enhanced by Senior Appointment". Moon Consulting. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Trust Board". Avon & Wilthire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
  8. ^ Buckland, Robert (28 September 2011). "Former High Sheriff Peaches is the new star at Moon Consulting". Bristol Business News. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Peaches Golding appointed first black female Lord Lieutenant for Bristol". BBC. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  10. ^ Golding, Bob. "Zoological Garden, University of Ibadan, Nigeria". bobgolding.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  11. ^ Kendall, Ellie (7 February 2022) [2 February 2022]. "Tribute to Robert Roy 'Bob' Golding who 'inspired fascination' for wildlife in Bristol and beyond". Bristol Post. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Bob Golding obituary". The Times. 5 March 2022.