Sophy Antrobus, Baroness Antrobus

The Baroness Antrobus
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
28 January 2026
Personal details
PartyLabour

Sophy Antrobus, Baroness Antrobus MBE is a British historian, academic and retired military officer.

Life and Career

Privately educated at Putney High School, Antrobus is a retired wing commander in the Royal Air Force and was the Labour parliamentary candidate for Gloucester in the 2015 United Kingdom general election.[1]

She is a Senior Research Fellow and co-director of the Freeman Air and Space Institute at King's College London.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Gloucester CLP select their PPC". LabourList.org. 20 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Sophy Antrobus". www.rusi.org. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  3. ^ London, King's College (2025-12-02). "Sophy Antrobus". King's College London. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  4. ^ "Political Peerages December 2025". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  5. ^ "No. 64981". The London Gazette. 3 February 2026. p. 1802.