Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon

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

Arms of Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
Coronet
A Coronet of a Baroness
Escutcheon
Azure between two Bees in fess and volant upwards and outwards proper growing from a Grassy Mount in base and protected by Palings about its trunk an Oak Tree also proper and fructed Or
Supporters
Dexter: on a Grassy Mount growing therefrom two Dog Roses proper a Crested Newt statant erect Vert holding by its inner forefoot a Tipstaff proper; Sinister: on a Grassy Mount growing therefrom two Dog Roses proper a Griffin statant erect Argent armed winged and Tail tufted Or grasping by its inner foreclaw a Serpent entwined about the foreleg also proper
Motto
Poursuivre Raison Avec Resolution (To follow right with resolution)

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51772. p. 25. 17 June 1989.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 52577. p. 9409. 19 June 1991.
  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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