Susan Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal

"Lady Garden" redirects here. For the unconnected cancer charity, see Lady Garden Campaign.

Timothy Garden

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(m. 1965;died 2007)​

The Right Honourable The Baroness Garden of Frognal PC
Official portrait, 2024
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 March 2018
Children	Antonia Rolph and Alexandra Whitfield
Alma mater	St Hilda's College, Oxford

Susan Elizabeth Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal, Baroness Garden PC (born Button, 22 February 1944) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who, since 2018, serves as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.

Career

Educated at Westonbirt School and St Hilda's College, Oxford she became a teacher, becoming Hon FCIL in 2012.

Lady Garden stood as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Finchley and Golders Green (London) in 2005. ^[1] In September 2007 she was created a Life Peer as Baroness Garden of Frognal, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. ^{[2] [3]}

Lady Garden is a former Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and (Higher Education) Department for Education. ^[3]

Personal life

Lady Garden married in 1965 Timothy Garden. Lord Garden died on 9 August 2007, by whom she has two daughters. ^[4]

Styles

• Mrs Timothy Garden (1965–1994)
• Lady Garden (1994–2004)
• The Rt Hon. The Lady Garden (2004–2007)
• The Rt Hon. The Baroness Garden of Frognal (2007–2015)
• The Rt Hon. The Baroness Garden of Frognal, PC (2015–)

References

1. Result: Finchley and Golders Green BBC News 2005-05-23
2. "No. 58498". The London Gazette . 30 October 2007. p. 15677.
3. "Baroness Garden of Frognal on the Parliamentary website" . Retrieved 12 January 2011.
4. www.burkespeerage.com

External links

• Baroness Garden of Frognal on Parliament.uk
• The Times Online coverage of Baron Garden's funeral