[ where she was the first black woman student.] While he completed his degree and qualified as a doctor in 1918 (initially going into practice in Kingussie
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), Stuart's grandmother did not finish medical studies, using money intended for her course to pay their bills instead. The couple ultimately settled in Bermuda
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, where in addition to being a physician Gordon became a parliamentarian, civil-rights activist and labour leader. In the programme, Stuart was visibly moved to learn more about her ancestors in the context of the Atlantic slave trade
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, and about their fight for human rights and social justice.
In 2021, on discovering through research by Ancestry UK that during the Second World War her mother had worked as a nurse probationer at St Helier Hospital
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and at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children in Carshalton
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, among the most heavily bombed hospitals in England, Stuart recalled: "She told me once that literally every time there was a bombing raid, she would take all of the children out of their beds, put them underneath the beds for protection, and those that she couldn’t move she would cover with her own body."
Honours, awards and achievements
Stuart was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(OBE) in the 2001 Birthday Honours
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for services to broadcasting and Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours
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for services to media.
* 1988: voted "Best Newscaster of the Year" (1988) by the TV and Radio Industries Club Awards.[
* 1989: voted "Best Television Personality" by the Women of Achievement Awards.
* 1994: named "Best Female Television Personality" by the Black Journalists' Association.]
* 1997: named "Best Media Personality" by ''The Voice
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'' newspaper.
* 2001: appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
* 2002: named "Media Personality of 2002" at the EMMA Awards.
* 2003: named one of "100 Great Black Britons
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* 2006: received an honorary doctorate
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from the University of Edinburgh
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, the university where her grandparents met.
* 2008: named "Oldie Autocutie of the Year" for her outstanding contribution to television by '' The Oldie'' magazine.
* 2012: awarded the degree Honorary Doctor of Letters by De Montfort University
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.
* 2013: received an honorary doctorate from Canterbury Christ Church University
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* 2020: received Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
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* 2022: appointed CBE for services to media.
* 2022: honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Northumbria University
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, Newcastle.
See also
*BBC Breakfast
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*BBC Nine O'Clock News
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References
External links
*
Moira Stuart
at Knight Ayton Management.
Moira Stuart's Hall of Fame Concert on Classic FM
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1949 births
Living people
BBC newsreaders and journalists
BBC Radio 2 presenters
Black British radio presenters
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Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
English people of Barbadian descent
English people of Dominica descent