Odile Slynn, Baroness Slynn of Hadley (born 1936 in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

) (née Boutin) is a French-born British humanitarian, philanthropist and peeress, involved in several organisations advocating children's rights and wildlife preservation. She is the founder and chairman of the British branch of Child In Need India (CINI) and former chairman of the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA). She is the widow of

Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley (17 February 1930 – 7 April 2009) was a British judge and Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. He particularly specialised in European law. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Early life Sl ...

Life

Born in

, she was educated at

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before she moved to London in 1959, where she trained as a

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. She married Gordon Slynn in 1962. She taught French at the

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from 1980 until 2000 and became an honorary graduate of the university in 2003. When her husband was appointed a

law lord Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House o ...

and conferred a

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in 1992, she became Baroness Slynn of Hadley.

Charity Work

Odile Slynn has been involved with the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad since 1979. During her time as chairman, she was instrumental in launching new branches in Jordan, Syria and Mali and a relaunch of Tunisia. She also serves as Non Executive Director of RISE Partnership Trust. She was also a member of the Board of Visitors for HMP Grendon / Springhill 1981-97, member of the Parole Board (1988–1992) and chairman of its Awarding Committee from 1999. She has been Honorary Secretary to the British Moroccan Society since 1985.

References

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