Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington

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Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington , DCVO , PC (born October 23, 1922 in London , England - † November 26, 2018 ) was a British politician ( Conservative Party ) and life peeress .

life and career

She was born as Jean Alys Campbell-Harris, the daughter of Arthur Campbell-Harris and Doris Robson. She received private tuition in England and France . During the Second World War , she worked as a land girl as part of her voluntary war effort as part of the Women's Land Army on the estate of former Prime Minister David Lloyd George in Churt , Surrey ; later she worked for the military intelligence service in Bletchley Park . She was a member of various political and public bodies.

She represented Trumpington in Cambridge City Council from 1963 to 1973 and was Mayor of Cambridge ( Lady Mayor of Cambridge ) from 1971 to 1972, and Deputy Mayor from 1972 to 1973. From 1973 to 1975 she was Councilor of Cambridgeshire County Council . From 1969 to 1971 she was chair of the Cambridge City Conservative Association . In Cambridgeshire she was 1972-1975 magistrate (Justice of the Peace) in Cambridgeshire, and from 1975 to 1982 in South Westminster . From 1969 to 1971 she was chair of the Cambridge City Conservative Association ; she was the first woman in this office.

She was General Commissioner of Taxes from 1975 to 1983 . From 1979 to 1981 she was the British representative at the Status of Women Commission of the UN .

From 1975 to 1981, Barker served on the Board of Visitors at Pentonville Prison . During the same period she was a member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal . Barker was Chair of the Airline Users Committee from 1979 to 1980 and President of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools from 1980 to 1990 . From 1980 to 1992 she was manager ( steward ) of Folkestone Racecourse . She was a member of the board of the Crimestoppers charity from 2004 to 2010 . She was Vice-President of the International League for the Protection of Horses from 1990 to 1999.

Membership in the House of Lords

Barker was on February 4, 1980 Life peer as Baroness Trumpington, of Sandwich in the County of Kent appointed. She gave her inaugural address in the House of Lords on March 12, 1980. On the House of Lords website, she lists France , Italy , Madagascar , Mongolia , Spain and the United States as states of particular interest .

From 1983 to 1985 she was the spokesperson for the home office in the upper house. She was whip the government from 1983 to 1985 and again from 1992 to 1997 . During this period she also held the honorary position of baroness-in-waiting in the queen's household. From 1985 to 1987 she was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State ( Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ) in the now defunct Ministry of Health and Social Security ( Department for Health and Social Security ) and from 1987 to 1989 at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ( Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ) (MAFF) Parliamentary Secretary ( Parliamentary Secretary ), where from 1989 (until 1992 Minister of State Minister of State ). At 69, Barker was the oldest woman ever appointed to a ministerial office.

In 1992 she became a member of the Privy Council . From 1996 to 1997 she was Government Spokesperson for the Office of Public Service of the Department of National Heritage, Agriculture . Since 1998 she has been Extra Baroness in Waiting to HM The Queen .

Barker regularly attended meetings of the House of Lords. She also spoke regularly there. Barker was one of the members of the House of Lords who have consistently had the highest attendance figures since 2001. Barker attended an average of 130 meeting days during the session each year. She disagreed with her party several times.

In the 1980s she spoke frequently about agricultural policy . In the 1990s, Barker spoke more and more about foreign policy issues, including the political and international recognition of Macedonia , the situation in Somalia and Sudan . In 2000, on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, she raised the question of whether this day should be a national holiday in the House of Lords . In March 2002, she advocated uniform rules for applying for disabled parking spaces. In particular, she called for a uniform regulation for London. In October 2002 she spoke out in a debate for political support for Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri .

In 2004 she spoke up, among other things, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Second World War, which is coming up the following year . In December 2009, Barker spoke up in the context of the debate on the Equality Bill . Regarding the issue of the different rules governing the use of titles by spouses of male and female peers, Barker related the anecdote that she and her husband always had to check into a hotel by different names and that her husband enjoyed putting his drinks on her bill; this caused great amusement. In 2011 she spoke on topics such as prostitution , homelessness and taxes .

Barker voted primarily against laws that included a stronger promotion of European integration and against legal equality for homosexuals . In the area of ​​asylum law, she voted for bills that should improve and expand the rights of asylum seekers in the asylum procedure . She voted for laws to prevent climate change . They voted against the mandatory introduction of ID cards .

Working in public

Barker was critical of the local traffic situation.

Barker attended the memorial service for Janet Young, Baroness Young in December 2002 . In March 2003, she attended the memorial service for Roy Jenkins . She attended the funeral services for Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray and the funeral services for Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley in March 2007 . In October 2007 she was present at the funeral service for Bernard Weatherill .

She also represented the Queen at Ian Gilmour's funeral in 2007 . In 2005 she attended the funeral service for Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange .

When she appeared on Desert Island Discs , she chose the Crown Jewels as her luxury item to increase her chances of being rescued.

Honors

Barker was the bearer of the officer of the l'Ordre Nationale du Mérite . In 2005 she was appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order .

Since 1975 she was an honorary member of the Council ( Councilor ) of the City of Cambridge . In 1980 she became an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge . She was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons .

family

She married William Alan Barker, commonly called Alan, in 1954. They had a son. Alan Barker died in 1988.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernest Kay: The World who's who of women. Volume 10. Melrose Press, 1990, ISBN 0-948875-10-0 .
  2. ↑ a b c Jean Barker ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Short biography (Cambridge City Council website)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cambridge.gov.uk
  3. ↑ Bletchley Park Code Breakers - Baroness Trumpington Video on YouTube , accessed July 9, 2011
  4. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion excerpts from Google Books , accessed August 28, 2011
  5. ↑ House of Lords: Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed August 28, 2011
  6. ^ Disabled Parking parliamentary debate of the House of Lords at the Hansard of March 27, 2002
  7. ↑ Conservative baroness reveals hotel booking 'frisson' article on BBC News on December 14, 2009
  8. ↑ PARK PEOPLE - Jimmy Burns interviews Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Interview with Jimmy Burns on May 5, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jimmy-burns.com  
  9. ^ Memorial service article in the Times, March 9, 2007
  10. ^ Memorial service article in the Times, March 28, 2003
  11. ^ Memorial service article in the Times, March 9, 2007
  12. ^ Memorial service article in the Times, March 7, 2007
  13. ↑ service of thanksgiving for Lord Weatherill article in the Times of 24 October 2007
  14. ↑ Baroness Strange (1928-2005)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on MyReader from June 21, 2005@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.myreader.co.uk  
personal data
SURNAME Barker, Jean, Baroness Trumpington
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barker, Jean Alys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2018