Sophy Antrobus, Baroness Antrobus
British historian and life peer
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Sophy Antrobus, Baroness Antrobus (previously Gardner) MBE is a British historian, academic and retired military officer.
The Baroness Antrobus | |
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Official portrait, 2026 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 28 January 2026 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labour |
| Education | Kingston Grammar School, University of Cambridge |
Life and career
Privately educated at Putney High School and then Kingston Grammar School, Antrobus is a retired wing commander in the Royal Air Force.[1] Under the previous name Sophy Gardner she was the Labour parliamentary candidate for Gloucester in the 2015 United Kingdom general election.[1]
She was a Senior Research Fellow and co-director of the Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) at King's College London,[2][3] a role she began in 2020.[4] She was nominated for a Labour life peerage as part of the 2025 Political Peerages; she was created as Baroness Antrobus, of Old Sarum in the County of Wiltshire on 28 January 2026.[5][6]
On 21 July 2026, she was appointed to the Burnham ministry as a Baroness in Waiting.[7] As a result of this, she stood down from leadership of FASI in favour of Julia Balm.[4]
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