Joan Anna Dalziel Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe ( Owen; born 3 May 1930) is a British Conservative Party politician. The daughter of Robert John Owen and Olive Barlow, she married Henry Lawrence Seccombe, son of Herbert Stanley Seccombe, in 1950. The couple had two sons. Henry Lawrence Seccombe died on 29 June 2008. She was created a Dame Commander of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(DBE) in the 1984 Birthday Honours, and was created a

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on 14 February 1991, taking the title Baroness Seccombe, of

Kineton Kineton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Dene in south-east Warwickshire, England. The village is part of Stratford-on-Avon (district), Stratford-on-Avon district, and in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 20 ...

in the County of Warwickshire. From 1997 to 2001, she was Opposition Whip and formerly the Opposition Spokesperson for Constitutional and Legal Affairs/Justice.

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