Trixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes
The Baroness Gardner of Parkes | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 19 June 1981 – 14 April 2024 | |
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| Born | Rachel Trixie Anne McGirr 17 July 1927 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 14 April 2024 (aged 96) London, England |
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| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Kevin Gardner
(m. 1956; died 2007) |
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| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
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Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, AM, JP (née McGirr; 17 July 1927 – 14 April 2024) was an Australian-born British dentist and Conservative member of the House of Lords, in which she served for over 40 years. She was the first Australian woman to have been elevated to the peerage, and was the senior life peer in the House of Lords at the time of her death.