Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech

|birth_name = Ruth Lynn Deech |birth_place = Clapham, London, England |alma_mater = St Anne's College, Oxford |profession = |occupation = Politician |office = Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission |term_start = 26 October 2023 |term_end = |predecessor = The Lord Bew |successor = |office1 = Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford |term_start1 = 1991 |term_end1 = 2004 |predecessor1 = Claire Palley |successor1 = Tim Gardam |office2 = Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal |term_start2 = 25 October 2005
Life Peerage }} Ruth Lynn Deech, Baroness Deech, DBE (née Fraenkel; born 29 April 1943) is a British academic, lawyer, bioethicist and politician, most noted for chairing the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), from 1994 to 2002, and as the former Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford. Deech sits as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords (2005–) and chaired the Bar Standards Board (2009–2014). Provided by Wikipedia