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Ellen Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton, DBE, DL (born 1 June 1942, Bradford, England) has been a Conservative Party life peer in the British House of Lords since 2010.[1]

She has been a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council since 1986 and was the Chairman of the Local Government Association until June 2011.[2]

Biography

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Born as Ellen Margaret Midgley in 1942 to John and Evelyn (née Smith) Midgley, she attended Hanson Grammar School and the Balls Park Teacher Training College, where she achieved a Certificate in Education. She worked as a schoolteacher. In 1969, she married John Eaton, with whom she has a son and a daughter.

Political career

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Honours

Coat of arms of Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton
Escutcheon
Argent three escallops in pale a sinister canton in chief and a dexter canton in base Vert.
Supporters
On either side a hierocosphinx with a bull's tail Argent armed beaked and the tail tufted Or winged Vert the wing charged with two roses Argent barbed and seeded Or murally gorged and holding in the interior foreclaws a length of vine stalk leaved Vert.
Motto
Deo Dante Dedi[10]

References

  1. ^ Profile at House of Lords Archived 18 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Hetherington, Peter (21 October 2008). "Interview: An icy reception". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Kilner, Will (22 July 2010). "Bingley ward member of Bradford Council tells of ceremony". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Britain's heroes". Letter to the Daily Telegraph. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2022.((cite press release)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 11.
  6. ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Baroness Eaton, DBE DL, Honorary Fellow". Bradford College. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  8. ^ "No. 59497". The London Gazette. 26 July 2010. p. 14201.
  9. ^ "Baroness Eaton DBE, DL". Marston Holdings. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  10. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2020. p. 2482.

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Political offices Preceded bySir Simon Milton Chair of the Local Government Association 2008–2011 Succeeded bySir Merrick Cockell


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