Daphne Elizabeth Trimble, Baroness Trimble (''née'' Orr; born July 1953), is a
Northern Ireland academic and former politician. Having served as a member of the
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, she was appointed as a part-time Commissioner in the
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) in 2008, and publicly opposed its proposals for a
Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
She resigned from the NIHRC to contest the
May 2010 UK general election, unsuccessfully, for the
Ulster Conservatives and Unionists in the
Lagan Valley
The Lagan Valley (, Ulster Scots: ''Glen Lagan'') is an area of Northern Ireland between Belfast and Lisburn. The River Lagan rises on Slieve Croob in County Down and flows generally northward discharging into Belfast Lough. For a section, the ...
constituency.
After graduating in Law from
Queen's University Belfast
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, she married her former lecturer
David Trimble in August 1978, acquiring the title of Lady on his elevation in June 2006 to the
House of Lords. 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
Liz Truss for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
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Academics from Northern Ireland
Women in the politics of Northern Ireland
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Living people
Spouses of life peers
British baronesses
1953 births
20th-century politicians from Northern Ireland