Barbara Calvert

Distinguished barrister, judge and first female head of chambers who, after her retirement, became chair of the Grandparents’ AssociationDespite being 35 before she was called to the bar, Barbara Calvert QC, Lady Lowry, who has died aged 89, became not just a highly respected legal practitioner, but achieved a number of trailblazing firsts, and was an inspiration to other women. In the 1970s, increasingly concerned about the number of young people who were unable to get a place in chambers fro