Trixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Lord Temporal | |
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Life peerage 23 June 1981 – 14 April 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rachel Trixie Anne McGirr 17 July 1927 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 14 April 2024 | (aged 96)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Kevin Gardner
(m. 1956; died 2007) |
Relations | |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes,
Biography
Early life and education
Baroness Gardner was born in
Politics
Gardner was a councillor of
On 19 June 1981, Gardner was created a life peeress of the United Kingdom as Baroness Gardner of Parkes, of Southgate in Greater London, and of Parkes in the State of New South Wales and Commonwealth of Australia.[3] She was ennobled for her two decades of community and local government work as a Conservative, the first Australian woman to be so honoured. On 4 April 2007, she was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney.[4]
Background
Gardner's father,
Personal life
Her husband, Kevin Gardner, was also a native of Australia. He was educated at Waverley College and won a scholarship to the University of Sydney to study dentistry, winning the Arnott Prize for oral surgery in 1954. He spent a year on the university teaching staff at the Sydney Dental Hospital before going to London in 1955. He married Trixie McGirr in 1956 in Paris, and they set up their home in London.[5]
In May 1982, the year after she joined the House of Lords, Kevin was elected to Westminster City Council, where Trixie had been a councillor since 1968. He was the first Australian to be the
Baroness Gardner died on 14 April 2024, at the age of 96.[6]
Arms
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References
- ^ "Ministers' Interests" (PDF). UK Cabinet Office.
- ^ a b "Baroness Gardner - Guest Speaker". Independent New South Wales. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ "No. 48661". The London Gazette. 24 June 1981. p. 8445.
- ^ "Honorary awards: Rachel Trixie Anne, Baroness Gardner of Parkes AM". University of Sydney. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ "Kevin Gardner profile (1930-2007)". University of Sydney (edited version of obit published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 10 April 2007). Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ "Lady Gardner of Parkes, Conservative peer who championed women's rights in the EU and UN – obituary". The Telegraph. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Life Peerages - G: Gardner of Parkes, Baroness, of Southgate in Greater London and of Parkes in the State of New South Wales and Commonwealth of Australia". Cracroft's Peerage. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018.
Bibliography
- They Work For You: UK Parliament voting, speaking search engine
- Elizabeth Sleeman (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
- The Long Table. Couper Street Books. November 2019. ISBN 978-1-99934-777-2.