Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington

The Baroness Trumpington
Trumpington in 2011
In office
22 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Baroness Denton
Succeeded byThe Baroness Farrington
In office
11 June 1983 – 25 March 1985
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Glenarthur
Succeeded byThe Baroness Cox
Minister of State (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, 1987–1989) for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
13 June 1987 – 14 April 1992
Prime Minister
  • Margaret Thatcher
  • John Major
Preceded byJohn Gummer
Succeeded byDavid Curry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
In office
30 March 1985 – 13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Glenarthur
Succeeded byThe Lord Skelmersdale
Mayor of Cambridge
In office
1970–1971
Preceded byBrian Cooper
Succeeded byPeter Wright
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
4 February 1980 – 24 October 2017
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Jean Alys Campbell-Harris

(1922-10-23)23 October 1922
London, England
Died26 November 2018(2018-11-26) (aged 96)
Chelsea, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
William Alan Barker
(m. 1954; died 1988)
Children1
Occupation
  • Politician
  • secretary

Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, DCVO, PC (née Campbell-Harris; 23 October 1922 – 26 November 2018) was a British Conservative[1] politician and life peer. In the 1960s and 1970s she served in local government in Cambridgeshire. In 1980 she was created a life peer after which she served in the House of Lords.[2] From an upper-class background, she was a socialite and a secretary before entering politics, as well as serving in naval intelligence in World War II.

  1. ^ "Baronness Trumpington". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Telg9472666 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).