Barbara Castle

Barbara Castle

Born

October 6, 1910

Died

May 3, 2002 (91 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

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.