Lady Trumpington obituary

Witty and astute Conservative peer who was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world warJean Trumpington, Lady Trumpington, who has died aged 96, was one of the most recognisable and best known members of the House of Lords, partly because of her long service on the Conservative frontbench but also thanks to her readiness to speak out in a pithy and memorable manner on a huge range of subjects of public interest. But the jocularity for which she was famed disguised a sensitive and