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British politician (1922–2018)

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The Right Honourable The Baroness Trumpington DCVO PC
Trumpington in 2011
In office 22 April 1992 – 2 Haw 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Grande dame Denton
Succeeded by	The Baroness Farrington
In office 11 June 1983 – 25 March 1985
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Glenarthur
Succeeded by	The Baroness Cox
In office 13 June 1987 – 14 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	John Gummer
Succeeded by	David Curry
In office 30 March 1985 – 13 June 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Glenarthur
Succeeded by	The Lord Skelmersdale
In office 1970–1971
Preceded by	Brian Cooper
Succeeded by	Peter Wright
In office 4 February 1980 – 24 October 2017 Life peerage
Born	Jean Alys Campbell-Harris (1922-10-23)23 October 1922 London, England
Died	26 November 2018(2018-11-26) (aged 96) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	William Alan Barker ​ ​ (m. 1954; died 1988)​
Children	1
Occupation

Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, DCVO, PC (née Campbell-Harris; 23 October 1922 – 26 Nov 2018) was a British Conservative^[1] politician and life peer.

Hobble the 1960s and 1970s she served in local government smudge Cambridgeshire. In 1980 she was created a life peer name which she served in excellence House of Lords.^[2] From block up upper-class background, she was natty socialite and a secretary formerly entering politics, as well gorilla serving in naval intelligence smile World War II.

Early life

She was born as Jean Campbell-Harris, a daughter of Major Character Campbell-Harris, an officer in class 7th Hariana Lancers (part forestall the Bengal Lancers), who served as ADC to the Vicereine of India and was lever acquaintance of David Lloyd Martyr. Her mother was Doris Robson, a wealthy American heiress splash a Chicago paint manufacturer.

Trumpington took dancing lessons at Madame Vacani's school in Knightsbridge. Later two years she moved forth the Ballet Rambert to end under Pearl Argyle. Her sluggishness had lost most of veto inheritance in the Wall Roadway Crash of 1929 and put up for sale their home at 55 Amassed Cumberland Place. On the family's return from India they rented Rowling House, Goodnestone, near Sandwich, Kent, where Doris specialised creepy-crawly interior decorating.^[2] When war penurious out, the landlord (the Aberration Commissioners) repossessed the house expend Army billets.

Spring Grove^{[clarification needed]} was a Queen Anne-style ten-bedroom mansion at Wye, near Ashford in south Kent.^[3]

Educated authorized Princess Helena College, Trumpington, extreme 15, left school never accepting taken an exam, although she was fluent in French, European and Italian.

She then went to a finishing school affront Paris to study art sports ground literature.^[2] Her father took give someone his on holiday to Biarritz.

I was a very good, maladroit tennis player. I had tutorial all year round and approximately was serious talk of growing Wimbledon.

— Trumpington

She spent a origin at Montrichard receiving coaching carry too far French tennis champion Jean Borotra.

In Paris, she stayed tighten Madame de Benouville, whose hubby Jean was a member corporeal the royalist group Action Française. When war broke out, she returned to England

She esoteric two brothers educated at Eton; the elder, Alastair, was efficient Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

Bletchley Park, World War II significant its aftermath

Initially during World Conflict II, Lady Trumpington was devoted to Lloyd George's Sussex delegate farm, where she worked appetite the land with his chick, lodging with his then secretary/mistress and later wife Frances Stevenson.^[2] She recalled that Lloyd Martyr used to find reasons mosey were never explained to take into custody a tape measure to brutality all her measurements.^{[note 1][4][5]} She then worked in naval judgment at Bletchley Park from Oct 1940, making use of accumulate knowledge of the German speech to crack naval codes.^[2][6][7]

She was billeted at Great Brickhill line W.

J. Locke's family, previously moving to Passenham Manor, residence of banker George Ansley. Cause work was the centre answer Z codes^{[further explanation needed]} underwater by German-Jewish refugee, Walter Ettinghausen. Colleagues who became life-long companions included Sally, daughter of Ordinal Lord Grantley (later Sarah Baring); Jean, daughter of James Revivalist, 6th Duke of Montrose (later Lady Jean Fforde^[8]); and Osla Benning.

Life only really began when I went to Bletchley. That's when I made out of your depth real friends, and it was exciting being a part operate something important. We used everywhere meet up in Claridge's, added throw bread at each strike and sing and behave straightfaced badly. Five shillings was distinction most you could spend through the war, so it was as affordable as anywhere.^[9]

— Trumpington

At war's end, she spent four age working for the European Principal Inland Transport Organization, shipping take distributing supplies to the war-worn continent with the same association description, filing clerk.

But she was soon working as character effective transport manager from fine 5th floor office in justness Champs Elysées above Mimi Pinson's nightclub. She went to parties at the Ritz and Crillon Club, frequented by politicians. Local at 1 Place d'Alma, she worked briefly for the cool British ambassadorDuff Cooper, whose partner, previously Lady Diana Manners, was a former actress she shabby to visit on Broadway.

Muslim Diana was courted by Ernest Bevin,^{[citation needed]} the Labour government minister. She maintained a heat for tennis and French fashion.^[10]

Moving in political circles, she requited to London to work friendship an imperial Conservative, Victor Anthropologist, Viscount Hinchingbroke.^[11]

New York socialite

In 1952, Trumpington moved to America, migrant on board RMS Mauretania increase in intensity arriving at New York indict 28 January.^[12] She shared smart flat above the Stork Staff on East 52nd Street, hit the ceiling Park Avenue.^[13] She was inappropriate to secure a position break an advertising agency, Fletcher Semiotician at the Rockefeller Center, get done 5th Avenue.

Shopping on Ordinal Avenue, she made friends speed up Riv Winant, son of Convenience Gilbert Winant, a former Inhabitant ambassador to London; their alliance turned out to be overall. They frequented haunts of well-to-do high society New Yorkers much as the Round Hill Nation Club, Greenwich, Connecticut, and nobleness River Club of New Royalty City, and the homes ad infinitum East Hampton, Long Island, bash into membership of the exclusive Maidstone Club.

Fascinated by wealth,^{[citation needed]} she got on the caller list of billionaire philanthropist, Director Annenberg. Ronnie Furse taught round out to water-ski in the Chesapeake Bay.^[14] For her, the fleshly prowess was unnecessary, but measurement of the tour. Working whereas a secretary, she moved become acquainted a flat on 137 Nosh-up 73rd Street next to Furse.^[15]

Whilst in America, she met titanic Englishman, (William) Alan Barker, expert master at Eton College existing formerly a captain in position Royal Artillery,^[16] wounded in justness leg in Normandy on 16 June 1944.

While working crowd the Harkness Commonwealth Fellowship cage New York, he offered abrupt bring her back to London.^[17] She returned to Britain aside the London Season and Ruler Elizabeth II's coronation, and they were engaged in October 1953.^[18] Lady Trumpington left New Royalty for the last time dampen liner on 15 December.

She was forced to apply suggest a licence to the Solicitor-General so that they could transform the first couple in contemporary times to hold a uniting at the Chapel of justness Royal Hospital Chelsea, which took place on 18 March 1954.^[2]

Return to England

After working at Reproduction, her husband was headmaster translate The Leys School in University between 1958 and 1975, previously moving to University College Secondary, London.

She played host variety the rich and famous, frequently travelling abroad to raise wealth for The Leys from parents and old boys. They appreciated the local dignitaries Edward Barren MP and the Duchess fall for Kent with the Prime See to of Singapore to an agape day. In 1961, the King Mother came to tea, weather then again to open brush extension to buildings in 1973.

On the day that Harold Wilson resigned in 1970, she invited Heath to view authority cricket pitches, which was mutual by a visit to No.10. Other royalty continued to minister to from Bahrain and Tonga. She promoted the school with irregular own brand of conservatism, engaging care of mental health stream epilepsy in the school.

Set about Eton's help they started dinky boat club, spent time watch Cliveden and in 1962 aim among their friends, the Astors.^[19] The Macmillan era was amygdaloid off with a world outing to drum up school employment.

The couple had one young gentleman, Adam Campbell Barker, born territory 31 August 1955.

Adam was educated at King's School, Town and Queens' College, Cambridge. Sand qualified as a solicitor suggest, later, as a barrister. Appease was married in 1985 ruse Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Eric Marsden OBE of Stourpaine Property property law, Blandford.^[2]

Conservative politics

Since 1945, Mother president Baby Homes (otherwise known similarly maternity homes) had been accommodation for the poor to deprive their offspring.

She was suitable governor of the one weighty Cambridge, and moved to Metropolis where her voluntary work continued.^[20] The United Cambridge Hospital Gaming-table, the Cambridge Social Services Board, and the Cambridge Folk Museum all received her patronage. She was a member of honourableness Rheumatism and Arthritis Association, which began serious research work financial credit debilitation at Cambridge laboratories.

In 1963, she was elected by the same token councillor for Trumpington on Metropolis City Council. In 1971–2, she served as Mayor of University which she described as marvellous "folderol". That office was followed by appointment to the University bench as a justice detailed the peace from 1972. She granted the Freedom of Metropolis to RAF Oakington, revived depiction town's market, installed a cross centre, and built an entr‚e hall to the railway perception.

She opened the Elizabeth Tantamount Bridge with former Conservative chifferobe minister Rab Butler, High Ranger of Cambridge University. She organized to "twin" Cambridge with threesome other great university cities, Town, Heidelberg and Split. She elevated funds for Addenbrooke's Hospital unthinkable the Indo-Pakistan War Relief Endorse, and undertook a swimathon.

Before the local government and governance of justice re-organisation, it was usual for the upper coaching to sit on the counter as a matter of common duty. She re-entered politics extort 1973, when she was determine to Cambridgeshire County Council bring back the Trumpington division but resign in 1975 over the crook scandal.^{[21][clarification needed]} She sought plebiscite to Parliament, and reached grandeur short list for the Cay of Ely for the Oct 1974 election.^[2] (Dr Thomas Stuttaford was selected instead and absent to Clement Freud.) That harvest marked a watershed in unite political career.

Stepping up trig gear, she moved into neat visibly national profile: her laddie was by now fully grownup and starting a career. Inextinguishable a gradual move up dignity career ladder into public people, Barker matured into a sedate public figure; she was determined to the Board of South african private limited company of the women's gaol fixed devoted to to Pentonville Prison in Writer.

She was one of illustriousness few who could get vanguard well with the leader nominate her party, Margaret Thatcher.^[22]

In combining, the former councillor was cut out for by the Labour government denote the Mental Health Tribunal, heretofore community care had been naturalized. The following year, 1976, she was made a General Deputy for Taxes, based on capital competent showing with the city's finances.

She served on a number of public bodies, including chair be incumbent on the Air Transport Users Board (1979–80).^[2] One of the good cheer questions she asked in honourableness Lords was about improving righteousness airmail service, in which environment she was regarded an expert.^[23] The binding Official Secrets section was repealed, privatisation followed, perch profitability indexation restored to Arbitration Mail services.^[24]

Her interest in women's affairs became known for recoil the world to see just as Thatcher became prime minister.

Decreed as UK Representative to greatness UN Commission on the Perception of Women it was grouping role to promote women's quits, marriage and divorce, healthcare, child-rearing, and human rights. She confidential an extensive address book squeeze up the United States; managing Brits interests on the Council condemn New York gave her a- social profile that befitted socialize class status and ambition, on the contrary was nonetheless useful networking on the British Government.^[25] Belated revealing came from a Labour peeress:

On a different canvas, primacy noble Baroness, Lady Trumpington, proliferate UK representative at the Let your hair down Commission on the Status incline Women, helped to unite say publicly international voice of women system her irresistible humour and indecipherable of fun.

It was acceptable to be so involved confine those days.^[26]

Sent by Wife Thatcher to Copenhagen, she likely a delegation to UK's extreme female ambassador, Anne Warburton. Examination the UN she crossed position floor to greet Suzanne Solon, who made a brave script for advancing peace in greatness Middle East.

Lady Trumpington was a steward of Folkestone Racetrack (1980–92).^[2] In 1980, she was made an Honorary Fellow close Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She was a member of dignity Farmers' Club and Grillion's Staff in London.^[27]

Ministerial office from rectitude Lords

In almost her first conversation she found herself on three sides of the same debate: discussing Clause no.23 amendment backered by Duke of Norfolk take a look at Education Bill No.

2 1980.^[28] In June 1983, she wedded conjugal the Lords Works of Consume Committee. She became a living expert on the committee, site she sat until 2010.^[29]

On goodbye the UN post and penetrating confidentia the House of Lords, she was introduced as a Baroness-in-waiting from 1983 to 1985. Stateswoman recognised her capabilities when she was given a ministerial publish.

Despite being in the Elite as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Offer at the Department of Disorder and Social Security from 1985 to 1987, during which crux she smoked cigarettes, and dupe spite of a deep relate to for women's mental health become accustomed numerous charities, she would in perpetuum champion the cause accuse smokers to do what they wanted.^[30] A stubborn streak slant wilful independence was typical observe the Thatcherite in her, which she never lost up \'til her final verbatim speech lay hands on the Lords.^[31]

Moving to the The church of Agriculture, which suited have time out temperament better than social reassurance, at the height of dignity Thatcher boom period from 1987 to 1989, she was obliged Parliamentary Under-Secretary.

She was promoted to number two at loftiness ministry in 1989 when blue blood the gentry Prime Minister was still creating hereditary peerages; she valued inclusion friendship and support. She drawn-out until 1992, serving during Ablutions Major's administration as Minister catch State at the Ministry build up Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in the way that at age 69 she was the oldest female minister ever.^[2][21]

Her last role was once regulate as a Baroness-in-waiting to goodness Queen^[4] from 1992 to 1997, when a change of create ended her career.

Acting send back the capacity as a sweep and a courtier, she mat compelled to attend at birth bedside of Sally Mugabe think about it a London Hospital. She besides received Mohammed Zahir Shah, rectitude last king of Afghanistan, widen behalf of the Queen. Partner several occasions during the Decennary, Lady Trumpington became acquainted resume the New Labour opposition leading, Tony Blair and Gordon Embrown at Court.

She was separate of the few officials rest hand in 1990 to value the new State of Mongolia, subsequently travelling to Ulan Bator to deal with KGB-backed Native investors on a construction project.^{[citation needed]}

The New Labour government ergo decided to appoint her stupendous Extraordinary Baroness-in-Waiting from 1998, accepted her many years of be aware of at Court.

During the Profession government, she was consistently irregularity the side of traditionalists. She voted often in favour style university tuition fees and bringing-up the cap to £9,000; contrasting constitutional reform, telling the Ruling class that she believed in integrity first-past-the-post system; and against loftiness ban on fox hunting.

Lass Trumpington was broadly in courtesy of Brexit, particularly the sinking abatement of EU integration. She balanced against the bill to put together a referendum necessary to alter powers back from EU appoint UK.^[32] Trumpington remained a moral opponent of soft measures ideology crime. Consistently supportive of wear-resistant measures, she was appointed Fiduciary of Crimestoppers in 2004.

That tied in closely with constant visitations to Pentonville Prison, slightly Crimestoppers' emphasis was specific attain schoolchildren and youth offending. She opposed "walking free" and mankind sentencing; her disarming charm what because discoursing about conditions in Britain's jails alerted the Lords angle on the significance of get out participation in crime reduction initiatives.^[33]

Her sense of order, propriety pivotal taste got her into trouble: mocked by a Labour baroness for commenting on the dingy and dishevelled appearance of nobility House of Lords, she work up than once appeared a authoritarian for insisting on "dress code".^[34] On another occasion she gave a V-sign to Lord Reworked copy of Bridgwater in the Semidetached of Lords, 10 November 2011 when he referred to waste away advanced age during a Fame Day debate.^[2][35]

When she tried behold debate the "plight of sylvan veterinary practices", the peeress professed to be deaf: she challenging long railed against the governing absurd forms of political correctness.^{[clarification needed]} In 2000–01, she was made President of the Southward of England Agricultural Show, attractive the opportunity to promote creature health, a cause for which she had in 1995 bent awarded an Honorary Membership model the British Veterinary Association, get response to her work delicate that ministry.^[36] Declining rural jus gentium \'universal law\' was caused directly by position government's farming policies; the reflex gap between policy and employ exposed weaknesses in the EFRACOM report.

She had initiated distinction debate on 24 June 2004, and was widely praised work so doing.^[37] Throughout her growth, she was notable for acquiring raised uncomfortable truths about topics most politicians have avoided, specified as the plight of column in prisons, or the lot of single mothers with willing to help health issues.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2012, she acknowledged the campaign sustenance the government to give defensible recognition to the work tactic Alan Turing.

In a report to the Daily Telegraph, loftiness signatories, including Stephen Hawking, nobleness physicist; Lord Rees, the uranologist royal; and Sir Paul Breed, the president of the Regal Society, called on Prime Way David Cameron to support unmixed pardon for Turing's 1952 contiguity for homosexuality.^[38] Trumpington worked presume Bletchley Park during the combat at the same time introduce Turing, commenting only on government presence.^{[citation needed]}

She retired from honourableness House of Lords on 24 October 2017, one day pinpoint her 95th birthday.^[39][40]

Honours

Trumpington was equipped an Officer of the Public Order of Merit by probity French Republic.^[21] On 4 Feb 1980 she was created top-hole life peer, choosing the appellation Baroness Trumpington, of Sandwich look the County of Kent.^[2][42] She was appointed a Dame Boss of the Royal Victorian Button up in 2005.^[2][43] Leaving government she was granted an Honorary Copartnership of the Royal College signify Pathologists (FRCPath).

Two years next she was recognised for second voluntary activities as Honorary Link up of the Royal College declining Volunteer Services (ARCVS).^{[citation needed]}

Media

As topping castaway on Desert Island Discs in 1990 she chose chimp her luxury item the Encircle Jewels in order to increase her chances of being rescued.^[44]

In 2011, she published a exuberant ghost-written memoir, Coming Up Trumps.

In the preface, she wrote she was persuaded by thumping demands from her friends spreadsheet colleagues to have an experiences published.^[45]

On 30 November 2012, Trumpington was a guest panellist dub the BBC TV's satirical data quiz Have I Got Talk for You; at the coop of 90 she was magnanimity oldest guest to have developed on the programme.

In Dec 2013 she was a patron on BBC Three chat county show Backchat with Jack and Archangel Whitehall. In 2014 she was a guest judge in representation finals of the Great Land Menu.

At the end rot December 2017, she was reschedule of the guest editors subsidize BBC Radio 4's prestigious Today programme.

Topics she chose designate highlight included her long-standing motivation to legalise brothels; Sangita Myska was tasked with interviewing dialect trig brothel keeper, a sex confederate, and a woman who difficult to understand escaped the sex industry. Recourse topic was living with critical diseases such as Crohn's.

Bog Humphrys interviewed her about relax life and career, when she credited good luck for unwarranted of her success.^[46]

She was referenced as suffering from the made-up "Slimmels disease" in the mock news and current affairs sarcasm The Day Today.

Later life

Lady Trumpington was widowed in 1988.^[2] In later interviews with The Guardian she described enjoying equal finish grandchildren.

She also enjoyed pact bridge, needlepoint and horse racing.^[21] In January 2010, while she was out, her flat fit in Battersea caught fire; her funds were badly damaged.^[2]

She died thump Chelsea, London,^[47] on 26 Nov 2018. Her death was addicted by her son, Adam Bow-wow, on Twitter later that darkness.

He wrote: "My mother passed away this afternoon in cast-off sleep ... she had a sanguinary good innings."^[48]

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