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Barbara Follett was born Daphne Barbara Hubbard in Kingston, Jamaica 25 December 1942 where her father was an insurance executive.
In 1946 the family returned, first to Jersey then in 1947 to Billericay, Essex. In 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. the family moved to EthiopiaThe Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ityop'iya Amharic ) is a country of northeastern Africa. It has one of the most extensive known histories as an independent nation in the continent. Unique among African countries, the Ethiopian monarchy maintai. In 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t after an unfortunate incident involving her father (an alcoholic), the family went to Cape TownCape Town ( Afrikaans: Kaapstad , is one of South Africa's three capital cities serving as the legislative capital ( Pretoria being the executive capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital). It is also the capital of the Western Cape province. It is mo in South AfricaSouth Africa is a republic at the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is one o. She began a University degree in Art, but in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e had to give it up and started work with Barclays Bank.
She married Richard Turner in 1963 and they went to Paris where she worked for the Berlitz School of Languages . They returned to South Africa in 1966 to run a fruit farm in Stellenbosch. In 1969 she started working for Kupugani , an organisation that provided cheap food for the poor.
In 1970, on the breakdown of her marriage, she became acting Regional Secretary at the Institute of Race Relations . She worked again for Kupugani from 1971 to 1978. After a brief marriage to Gerald Stonestreet, she married architect Les Broer. In 1978, shortly after her ex-husband Richard was assassinated, the family fled back to England, living at Farnham in Surrey, where she worked for the Centre for International Briefing , and joined the Labour Party.
In 1983 she stood unsuccessfully as Labour candidate for Woking in the General Election. In 1985 she married author Ken Follett. From 1984 to 1992 she was a freelance lecturer and consultant, contesting Epson and Ewell for Labour in 1987. She joined the Fawcett Society and the National Alliance of Women’s Organisations and jointly founded the Labour Women’s Network in 1987.
She obtained a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics , and was Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy Research 1993 to 1997. She became a patron of Action on Pre-Eclampsia .
In 1997 she was elected as MP for Stevenage. She has served on many groups and committees, and is a member of the Fabian Society.
She has many outside interests and now has an extended family.