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Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
1936Jan, 12

Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon

Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician
Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, (born 12 January 1936) is a British Labour Party politician and former police officer with the Metropolitan Police. She was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours List.Hilton was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords having previously served as a Commander of the Metropolitan Police in London, UK. She was elevated to the peerage on 14 June 1991 as Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, of Eggardon in the County of Dorset. She is a trustee of the Police Rehabilitation Trust.

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