Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe

Dame Joan Anna Dalziel Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe, DBE (born 3 May 1930, née Owen) is a British Conservative Party politician.

She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1984 Birthday Honours,^[1] and was created a life peer on 14 February 1991 taking the title Baroness Seccombe, of Kineton in the County of Warwickshire.^[2]

From 1997 to 2001 she was Opposition Whip. Since 2006 she is the Opposition Spokesperson for Constitutional and Legal Affairs/Justice.

Arms

Arms of Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe

Adopted 2008 Escutcheon Per pale Gules and Vert, a Chevron Ermine, between three Bugle Horns Argent, stringed Or, on a Chief per pale Vert and Gules, three Roses Argent, barbed Or, on each another Rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper. Supporters Dexter: a Dragon Gules, armed and langued Vert, dimidiating a Lion Vert, armed Gules, gorged with a Collar attached thereto a Chain reflexed over the back Or. Sinister: a Dragon Vert, armed and langued Gules, dimidiating a Lion Gules,armed Vert, gorged with a Collar attached thereto a Chain reflexed over the back Or. Motto PERSEVERANTIA (Perseverance)

References

1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49768. p. 7. 16 June 1984.
2. The London Gazette: no. 52453. p. 2621. 19 February 1991.

External links

• Profile (subscription required)
• "The Papers of Enoch Powell"
• Extract from Hansard
• Reference to Seccombe in The Independent