Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Trumpington
DCVO PC
The Right Honourable The Baroness Trumpington DCVO PC
	Trumpington in 2011
Baroness-in-waiting; Government Whip;
	In office; 22 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Baroness 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
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 by	John Gummer
Succeeded by	David Curry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
	In office; 30 March 1985 – 13 June 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Glenarthur
Succeeded by	The Lord Skelmersdale
Mayor of Cambridge
	In office; 1970–1971
Preceded by	Brian Cooper
Succeeded by	Peter 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; 23 October 1922; London, England
Died	26 November 2018 (aged 96); Chelsea, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	William Alan Barker (m. 1954; died 1988)
Children	1
Occupation	Politician; secretary;

Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, DCVO, PC (23 October 1922 – 26 November 2018) was a British Conservative 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. 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.

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