About Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike
Lived 1918 – 2004 (aged 85). Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike was a British politician.
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, (16 September 1918 – 11 January 2004) was a British Conservative politician. The name by which she came to be known, Mervyn, had been the name of her father's best friend, who was to have been her godfather; when he was killed in action, a few days before she was born, her father decided that the baby would take his name.
Early life Born in Castleford, Yorkshire, and was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1981 Birthday Honours.
Death She died in 2004, unmarried, at a nursing home in Kelso, Scottish Borders, aged 85, from pneumonia following a stroke.
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British politician; life peer (1918-2004)
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Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike was born on 16 September 1918 in Castleford.
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Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike died on 11 January 2004 in Kelso.
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