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Annette Egerton, DBE (formerly Penhaligon, née Lidgey; born 9 February 1946) is a British politician. Annette Lidgey was born to Owen Bennett and Mabel (née Richards) Lidgey, and was educated at Truro Girls Grammar School,

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. On 6 January 1968 she married the

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David Penhaligon David Charles Penhaligon (6 June 1944 – 22 December 1986) was a British politician from Cornwall who was Liberal Member of Parliament for the constituency of Truro from 1974–86. He was a popular figure in all parties and had potential to ...

. He had recently taken over his father's job as

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Chacewater Chacewater ( kw, Dowr an Chas) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated approximately east of Redruth. The hamlets of Carnhot, Cox Hill, Creegbrawse, Hale Mills, Jolly's Bottom, Salem, Saveock, Scorrier, Todpool, ...

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, and after their marriage she took over that role until 1976. When her husband was elected

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for

in 1974, Annette became his secretary and remained as such until his death in a car accident in 1986. From 1987-94, she was a member of Carrick District Council and in 1993 was appointed

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(DBE) for her public service and contributions to politics. From 1992-2002 she was a non-executive director of Cornwall Independent Radio, becoming also a founding director of

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, and served as a member of

Restormel Borough Council Restormel ( kw, Rostorrmel) was a borough of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, one of the six administrative divisions that made up the county. Its council was based in St Austell; its other towns included Newquay. The borough was named after R ...

from 2003 until it came to an end in 2009. In the borough council's final year she was Leader of the Council, replacing Tim Jones. In 1994, she married Robert Egerton.

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Graham Watson Sir Graham Robert Watson (born 23 March 1956) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 1994 to 2014. Watson was the chairman of the Parliament's committee on ci ...

's website
Penhaligon Friends
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