Barbara Castle

Barbara Castle

Known For

Acting

Born

October 6, 1910

Died

May 3, 2002 (aged 91)

Birthplace

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

Biography

Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody.