Cherie Blair QC (born in Bury, Greater Manchester on September 23, 1954) is the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. She is a successful lawyer, in which capacity she uses her maiden name Cherie Booth. Queens Counsel ( postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ... Categories: Stub | Towns in Greater Manchester ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation of Manchester. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, known as Tony Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ...

Cherie Blair in her official barrister robes.

Her father, the actor Tony Booth, walked out when she was two. He would later gain fame for his role in the BBC comedy Til Death Us Do Part. When Cherie was an adult her father married actress Pat Phoenix. Anthony Booth (born October 9, 1931 in Liverpool, better known as Tony Booth) is a British actor, best known for his role in the BBC series Til Death Us Do Part. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... Til Death Us Do Part (also known as Till Death Us do Part)1 was a BBC television sitcom series written by Johnny Speight that ran from 1966 until 1975. ... Patricia Phoenix, as Elsie Tanner on Coronation Street, in a still from an episode first aired in the early 1970s. ...

She studied at the London School of Economics for a law degree and was the first (and still the only) person to earn an LSE law degree with a first class in all her subjects. She later came at the top of her year in the bar exams, while teaching law at the University of Westminster. In 1976, while she was studying to become a lawyer, she met Tony Blair. She won a pupillage in the chambers of Derry Irvine ahead of him, although he was taken on part-time. Married on March 29, 1980, they have four children: Euan, Nicky, Kathryn and Leo. The London School of Economics and Political Science, it is often referred to as the London School of Economics or the LSE, is a specialist university based in London, regarded as the worlds most prestigious social science institution. ... Baker Street campus The University of Westminster is a British university in London, established on December 1st 1992, formerly called London Polytechnic and Polytechnic of Central London (PCL). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Lord Irvine of Lairg, QC, PC (born June 23, 1940), known as Derry Irvine, is a British lawyer and political figure who served as Lord Chancellor under his former pupil Tony Blair. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Euan Blair (born January 19, 1984, London), is the eldest son of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ... Nicholas John Blair (born January 6, 1985) is the second son of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... Kathryn Blair (b. ... Leo George Blair (born May 20, 2000) is the youngest son of the Right Honourable Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cherie Booth QC. He was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. ...

Booth unsuccessfully contested the seat of North Thanet in Kent at the 1983 UK general election, while her husband was selected at the last minute for a safe seat in Sedgefield, County Durham in the same election. William Cobbett in 1827 when he rode to the Island The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... Location within the British Isles. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ...

Booth became a barrister in 1976 and Queen's Counsel in 1995. In 1999 she was appointed a Recorder (a permanent part-time judge) in the County Court and Crown Court. She is Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, and Governor of the London School of Economics and the Open University. She is a founding member of Matrix Chambers, London, from which she continues to practice as a barrister. Matrix were formed in 2000 specialising in human rights law, though members also practice in a range of areas of UK public and private law, the law of the European Union and European Convention on Human Rights, and public international law ([[1] (http://146.101.169.11/AreasOfPractice.aspx)]). Barristers: traditional dress. ... Queens Counsel ( postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ... The County Court is the workhorse of the civil justice system in England and Wales. ... Role Her Majestys Crown Court is, together with the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England and Wales. ... Liverpool John Moores University is a university in Liverpool, United Kingdom. ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, it is often referred to as the London School of Economics or the LSE, is a specialist university based in London, regarded as the worlds most prestigious social science institution. ... Open University Logo © Open University The Open University (OU) is a distance learning university which has students all over the UK and accepted its first students in 1971. ...

Booth specialises in employment, discrimination and public law and in this capacity has sometimes represented claimants taking cases against the UK government, for example Purja and Ors v Ministry of Defence (http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2003/445.html).

In 2002, Booth hit the newspaper headlines in the scandal referred to as "Cheriegate" because of her involvement with Peter Foster, a convicted Australian conman, who assisted her with the purchase of two flats in Bristol. Booth tried to distance herself from Foster and briefed the press office at Number 10 to go public with a statement claiming that Foster was not involved with the deal. She was caught out when Foster provided evidence that she had lied. She went public herself, tearfully reading a prepared statement blaming her "misfortune" on the pressures of running a family and being a mother. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short, (also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ...

Her relationship with the so-called "style guru" and former model Carole Caplin has given rise to headlines in some newspapers. Carole Caplin, a former member of Exegesis and alleged New Ager, became the life coach of Cherie Blair (wife of Tony Blair). ...

Trivia

• In May 2000, it was revealed that Cherie is related to John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Booth was Cherie's great-great-great grandfather’s brother, or her great-great-great-great uncle.
• She is well known for her "unfortunate" appearances in UK newspapers where the photo-journalists often capture unflattering shots.
• In 2005 she was criticized for accepting a salary for what was dubbed a "charity tour" that took place in Australia and New Zealand. She was also made fun of for mixing up Australians and New Zealanders.

John Wilkes Booth, circa 1862 John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor who is most famous for assassinating Abraham Lincoln. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th (1861–1865) President of the United States, and the first president from the Republican Party. ...

Titles from birth

• Miss Cherie Booth (1954-1980)
• Mrs. Tony Blair (1980-1995)
• Mrs. Tony Blair, QC (1995-)

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External link

Matrix Chambers - Cherie Booth, QC*[2] (http://146.101.169.11/WhoWeAre_Members_CherieBoothQC.aspx) (her chambers profile)