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7 November 1909 - 1999
She was born Irene Jones, educated at Somerville College, Oxford and married in 1948. Was given a life peerage becoming Baroness White of Rhymney in 1970. She was Labour MP for Flintshire East from 1950 to 1970 and held the following posts: Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Colonial Office (1964-66), Minister of State, Foreign Office (1966-67), Minister of State, Welsh Office (1967-70), Deputy Speaker House of Lords (1979-89). She became Vice-President of the Inland Waterways Association in 1993.
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