Daphne Elizabeth Trimble, Baroness Trimble (; born July 1953), is a Northern Irish academic and former unionist politician.

Background

Having served as a member of the

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, she was appointed as a part-time Commissioner in the

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(NIHRC) in 2008, and publicly opposed its proposals for a

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for Northern Ireland. She resigned from the NIHRC to contest the May 2010 UK general election, unsuccessfully, for the

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in the Lagan Valley constituency. After graduating in Law from

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, she married her former lecturer

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in August 1978, acquiring the title of Lady on his elevation in June 2006 to the

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. They have two sons and two daughters (Richard, Victoria, Nicholas, and Sarah). Daphne has also worked in schools across the Armagh area, such as Portadown College. In August 2022, she endorsed

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for the leadership of the Conservative Party in that summer's leadership election. In March 2023 she was appointed as the Honorary President of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trimble, Daphne Academics from Northern Ireland Women from Northern Ireland in politics Queen's University at Kingston alumni Living people Spouses of life peers British baronesses 1953 births 20th-century politicians from Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party politicians