Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon

The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
The Right Honourable; The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon; QPM
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 June 1991; Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Jennifer Hilton; 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 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[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

Coat of 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)

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References

"No. 51772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 25.
"No. 52577". The London Gazette. 19 June 1991. p. 9409.
"Person Page – 19140". Darryl Lundy. ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
"Contact and trustees". Charity-commission.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
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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[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.