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Alex Timpson

Alexandra Winkfield Timpson MBE was a British campaigner for children's rights.

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Alex Timpson
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Alexandra Winkfield Dodd

25 April 1946
Died5 January 2016(2016-01-05) (aged 69)
Spouse
(m. 1968)
Children5, including Edward and James

Alexandra Winkfield Timpson MBE (née Dodd; 25 April 1946 – 5 January 2016) was a British campaigner for children's rights.

She grew up in Lymm, Cheshire.1 Together with her husband John Timpson, she had three children (including politicians Edward Timpson and James Timpson, Baron Timpson), adopted two more, and fostered at least ninety other children.1

In the 2006 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) "for services to Children and Families".2

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  1. "Alex Timpson, children's campaigner - obituary". Telegraph. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. United Kingdom:"No. 57855". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2005. p. 22.