Dame Floella Benjamin

Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham, was born in Trinidad and emigrated to Britain as a child. Having begun her career as an actress in West End musicals, from 1976 she became a presenter of children’s TV programmes including and . A major campaigner for the protection of children and improvement of education, from 2006-16 she was chancellor of the University of Exeter. In 2010, she was appointed a Liberal