Sasha Swire
British journalist and author
Alexandra Patrusha Mina Swire, Baroness Swire (née Nott; born 18 January 1963), commonly known as Sasha Swire, is an English author and journalist, and the wife of the former Conservative Party Minister of State Hugo Swire, Baron Swire.
She is the writer of the 2020 memoir Diary of an MP's Wife.
Background
Descended from Devon gentry, Alexandra Nott is the only daughter of Sir John Nott, former Member of Parliament for St Ives and Secretary of State for Defence under Margaret Thatcher during the Falklands War, and his wife Miloska Vlahovič, daughter of Yugoslav resistance leader Lujo Vlahovič, of Slovenian extraction.
Her elder and younger brothers, Julian and William Nott, both attended Eton College, while she was educated at Cranborne Chase School. She then pursued further studies at St Martin's School of Art, where she was a contemporary of the fashion designer John Galliano.
Swire trained as a journalist and has a background in local journalism.
She sought selection for the Teignbridge parliamentary candidacy of 2005 won by Stanley Johnson. David Cameron wanted her to stand for a parliamentary seat for the Conservative Party again in 2009.
She voted Remain in the 2016 EU referendum.
Diaries
Swire's book, Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power, was published on 24 September 2020.
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