Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, (16 September 1918 – 11 January 2004) was a British Conservative politician. The name by which she came to be known, Mervyn, had been the name of her father's best friend, who was to have been her godfather; when he was killed in action, a few days before she was born, her father decided that the baby would take his name.

Early life

Born in Castleford, Yorkshire, and was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1981 Birthday Honours.

Death

She died in 2004, unmarried, at a nursing home in Kelso, Scottish Borders, aged 85, from pneumonia following a stroke.

  • Announcement of Pike's death in the House of Lords – minutes of proceedings, 13 January 2004