Barbara Castle of Germany in 1990, for services to European democracy. In September 2008 Northern Rail, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and PTEG (Passenger transport executive Group) named a train after her. The plaque was unveiled by Barbara's niece, Sonya Hinton, and Ruth Kelly MP (then Secretary of State for Transport). A commemorative brochure of the event was produced by PTEG. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("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,
Robert E. Lee Blackburn the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1904 and 1905, and served as clerk of the court of Powell County, Kentucky from 1906 to 1910. Blackburn was engaged in the insurance and stock brokerage business from 1910 through 1919. Blackburn moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1919 and continued in the insurance and brokerage business. He was also engaged in the oil development business. Blackburn was appointed a member of the Kentucky Board of Agriculture in 1926 and served until 1928. Blackburn was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful