at the end of October 2017. In 2018 she was appointed by the Scottish government to "review the processes for handling complaints against the police and investigating serious incidents and alleged misconduct." Angiolini will chair the 2022 independent inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard. Honours In 2002, she was awarded Alumnus of the Year by the University of Strathclyde. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the administration of justice. She holds honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws from the universities of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian, Stirling, Aberdeen, St Andrews, West of Scotland, and the Open University. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2017). In June 2011, Angiolini received the Special Achievement Award from the International Association of Prosecutors. On 10 June 2022, Angiolini was appointed a Lady of the Order of the Thistle (LT), the only non-Royal woman currently appointed to the order. On the 24th November 2022, Angiolini was awarded The Herald's 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the newspaper's Scottish Politician of the Year Awards, for outstanding contributions to public life. Personal life She married Scots Italian Domenico Angiolini in 1985; they have two children, Domenico and David. Her hobbies include walking, picking wild mushrooms and cinema. See also First women lawyers around the world References External links Elish Angiolini profile, Gazetteer for Scotland 1960 births Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Strathclyde Living people Solicitors General for Scotland Lord Advocates Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Scottish women lawyers Scottish solicitors People from Govan Scottish lawyers Principals of St Hugh's College, Oxford 20th-century Scottish lawyers 21st-century Scottish lawyers Women members of the Scottish Government Women academic administrators Women Law Officers of the Crown in the United Kingdom 20th-century women lawyers 21st-century women lawyers 20th-century Scottish women Ladies of the Thistle