the International Friendship League. In her life as an MP, she visited all the major Commonwealth countries for conferences, and most of the Caribbean countries, including Guyana and Belize, as well as Fiji, Tonga and Ceylon. She was on the committee of the London Centre, to which members came from India and Jamaica. She sat until the February 1974 general election when she was defeated by Labour's David Owen. Peerage She was created a life peer, as Baroness Vickers, of Devonport in the County of Devon on 27 January 1975. Arms Fish named in her honor It's unusual for a politician to have a fish named after them. Rasbora johannae Siebert & Guiry, 1996 is named after her. References External links Obituary in The Independent 1907 births 1994 deaths Members of London County Council Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Conservative Party (UK) life peers Vickers, Joan Vickers, Baroness Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Devon National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs who were granted peerages 20th-century British women politicians Politicians from Plymouth, Devon Women councillors in England