Odile Slynn
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Odile Slynn, Lady Slynn of Hadley (born 1936 in Paris
) (née Odile Marie Henriette Boutin) is a French-born British humanitarian and philanthropist, involved in several organisations advocating children's rights and wildlife preservation. She is the founder and chairman of the British branch of Child In Need India
(CINI) and former chairman of the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad
(SPANA). She is the widow of Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley
.
Born in Paris
, she was educated at Sorbonne University before she moved to London in 1959, where she trained as a nurse at Hammersmith Hospital
. She married Gordon Slynn in 1962. She taught French at the University of Buckingham
from 1980 until 2000. When her husband was appointed a law lord and conferred a life peerage in 1992, she became Baroness Slynn of Hadley.
Odile Slynn has been involved with the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad since 1979. During her time as chairman, she was instrumental in launching new branches in Jordan, Syria and Mali and a relaunch of Tunisia.
She was also a member of the Board of Visitors for HMP Grendon / Springhill 1981-97, member of the Parole Board (1988-1992) and chairman of its Awarding Committee from 1999. She has been Honorary Secretary to the British Moroccan Society since 1985.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) (née Odile Marie Henriette Boutin) is a French-born British humanitarian and philanthropist, involved in several organisations advocating children's rights and wildlife preservation. She is the founder and chairman of the British branch of Child In Need India
Child In Need Institute (CINI)
CINI, known internationally as Child In Need India and in India as the Child In Need Institute, is an international humanitarian organisation aimed at promoting "sustainable development in health, nutrition and education of child, adolescent and woman in need" in India...
(CINI) and former chairman of the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad
SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)
The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad is a voluntary British organisation with the objective and purpose of providing veterinary care to working animals in communities around the world....
(SPANA). She is the widow of Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley
Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley
Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley, GBE, PC, QC was a British jurist specialising in European and International Law, and a former judge of the European Court of Justice and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.-Early life:...
.
Born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, she was educated at Sorbonne University before she moved to London in 1959, where she trained as a nurse at Hammersmith Hospital
Hammersmith Hospital
Hammersmith Hospital is a major teaching hospital in West London. It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and is associated with the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine...
. She married Gordon Slynn in 1962. She taught French at the University of Buckingham
University of Buckingham
The University of Buckingham is an independent, non-sectarian, research and teaching university located in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Great Ouse. It was originally founded as Buckingham University College in the 1970s and received its Royal Charter from the...
from 1980 until 2000. When her husband was appointed a law lord and conferred a life peerage in 1992, she became Baroness Slynn of Hadley.
Odile Slynn has been involved with the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad since 1979. During her time as chairman, she was instrumental in launching new branches in Jordan, Syria and Mali and a relaunch of Tunisia.
She was also a member of the Board of Visitors for HMP Grendon / Springhill 1981-97, member of the Parole Board (1988-1992) and chairman of its Awarding Committee from 1999. She has been Honorary Secretary to the British Moroccan Society since 1985.