BC

Birth Name:

Betts, Barbara Anne

Female

Birth Date:

Thu, Oct 06, 1910

Time of Birth:

02:30 PM

Place of Birth:

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

Age:

114

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

12°

Lib

27'

Moon

18°

Sco

10'

Asc

15°

Cap

19'

MC

22°

Sco

51'

About Barbara Castle

Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC (née Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002), 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. She later became the Member of the European Parliament for Greater Manchester from 1979 to 1989 and subsequently a member of the House of Lords, having been granted a life peerage in 1990. She was the only woman to hold the position of First Secretary of State.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Barbara Castle

• Barbara Castle – Blackburn Labour Party

• Photos of Barbara Castle – Blackburn Labour Party

• The Barbara Castle Cabinet Diaries – held at Bradford University Library

• Works by Barbara Castle at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

• Bronze bust of Barbara Castle in the UK Parliamentary Collections

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Barbara Castle

Astrological portrait of Barbara Castle

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Barbara Castle: Sun 12 Libra, Moon 18 Scorpio, Mercury 26 Virgo, Venus 29 Virgo, Mars 9 Libra, Jupiter 22 Libra, Saturn 4 Taurus, Uranus 21 Capricorn, Neptune 21 Cancer, Pluto 27 Gemini, Asc 15 Capricorn, Mc 22 Scorpio, Sun Square Ascendant, Sun Conjunct Mars, Moon Sextile Uranus, Moon Trine Neptune, Mercury Square Pluto, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Moon Conjunct Midheaven, Moon Sextile Ascendant, Mercury Sextile Midheaven, Venus Square Pluto, Mars Semi Square Midheaven, Jupiter Square Uranus, Jupiter Square Neptune, Jupiter Semi Sextile Midheaven, Uranus Opposition Neptune, Uranus Conjunct Ascendant, Uranus Sextile Midheaven, Neptune Trine Midheaven

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