January 2015. Personal life Brinton has rheumatoid arthritis and so usually uses a wheelchair. She met her husband Tim when she worked at the BBC. Brinton lives with Tim and their family in Watford. Honours In 2003, Brinton was awarded an honorary PhD for her contribution to education, skills and learning by Anglia Ruskin University. In November 2013, she was made a Fellow of Birkbeck, University of London. She is Patron of Christian Blind Mission UK, Trustee of the United Kingdom Committee of UNICEF, a Trustee of the Ufi Charitable Trust, and a Director of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd. References External links Baroness Brinton Profile at the site of Liberal Democrats Guardian – Sal Brinton: Electoral History and Profile 1955 births Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge Councillors in Cambridgeshire Fellows of Selwyn College, Cambridge Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors Liberal Democrats (UK) life peers Liberal Democrats (UK) parliamentary candidates Living people People educated at Benenden School Politics of Watford 20th-century British women politicians 21st-century British women politicians Leaders of the Liberal Democrats (UK)