Daphne Trimble

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Baroness Trimble

President of the Ulster Unionist Party

Incumbent

Assumed office
13 March 2023
Leader| Doug Beattie
Preceded by| May Steele
Personal details
Born| Northern Ireland
Political party| Ulster Unionist Party
Other political
affiliations| UCUNF (2010)

Daphne Elizabeth Trimble, Baroness Trimble (née Orr; born July 1953), is a Northern Irish academic and former unionist politician.

## Background[edit]

Having served as a member of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, she was appointed as a part-time Commissioner in the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) in 2008, and publicly opposed its proposals for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.[1]

She resigned from the NIHRC to contest the May 2010 UK general election, unsuccessfully, for the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists in the Lagan Valley constituency.

After graduating in Law from Queen's University Belfast, she married her former lecturer David Trimble in August 1978, acquiring the title of Lady on his elevation in June 2006 to the House of Lords. They have two sons and two daughters (Richard, Victoria, Nicholas, and Sarah).[2]

Daphne has also worked in schools across the Armagh area, such as Portadown College.

In August 2022, she endorsed Liz Truss for the leadership of the Conservative Party in that summer's leadership election.[3]

In March 2023 she was appointed as the Honorary President of the Ulster Unionist Party.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Letter dissenting from Bill of Rights proposals
2. ^ Newsmakers (2000). Newsmakers. Gale Research. ISBN 9780787621124. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
3. ^ "Tory leadership contender Liz Truss endorsed by Lady Daphne Trimble, as widow claims Lord Trimble's legacy is 'safe with her'". Belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
4. ^ "Lady Daphne Trimble appointed UUP Honorary President". Ulster Unionist Pary. 13 March 2023.