Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon

The Right Honourable
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
QPM
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
14 June 1991
Personal details
Born Jennifer Hilton
(1936-01-12) 12 January 1936
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Occupation Police officer

Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon QPM, (born 12 January 1936) is a British Labour Party politician and former police officer with the Metropolitan Police. She was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 1989 Birthday Honours.[1]

Hilton was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords having previously served as a Commander of the Metropolitan Police in London, UK. She was elevated to the peerage on 14 June 1991 as Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, of Eggardon in the County of Dorset.[2][3] She is a trustee of the Police Rehabilitation Trust.[4]

Personal life

In February 2016 she was included in The Independent's group photograph of 28 LGBT MPs and peers.[5]

Arms

References

  1. "No. 51772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 25.
  2. "No. 52577". The London Gazette. 19 June 1991. p. 9409.
  3. "Person Page – 19140". Darryl Lundy. ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  4. "Contact and trustees". Charity-commission.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  5. Mark Leftly, "Gay MPs: The photograph that shows Westminster's attitude towards LGBT politicians is changing", The Independent, 20 February 2016.
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