Daphne Trimble

Who is Daphne Trimble?

Daphne Elizabeth Trimble, Lady Trimble, is a Northern Ireland academic and former politician. 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 in 2008, and publicly opposed its proposals for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

She resigned from the NIHRC to contest the UK Parliamentary election of May 2010, unsuccessfully, for the UCUNF 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 courtesy title of Lady on his elevation in June 2006 to the House of Lords. They have two sons and two daughters.

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