Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

The Right Honourable The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC
Official portrait, 2024
Principal of Somerville College, Oxford
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2017
Leader of the Opposition in the Lords Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
In office 11 May 2010 – 27 May 2015
Leader	Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband
Preceded by	The Lord Strathclyde
Succeeded by	The Baroness Smith of Basildon
Ministerial offices 2005-2010 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by Liam Byrne Succeeded by The Lord Strathclyde Leader of the House of Lords In office 3 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by The Baroness Ashton of Upholland Succeeded by The Lord Strathclyde Lord President of the Council In office 2 October 2008 – 5 June 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by The Baroness Ashton of Upholland Succeeded by The Lord Mandelson Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms In office 24 January 2008 – 3 October 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by The Lord Grocott Succeeded by The Lord Bassam of Brighton Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip In office 10 May 2005 – 25 January 2008 Prime Minister Tony Blair Gordon Brown Preceded by The Lord Triesman Succeeded by The Baroness Thornton
Members of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 June 2004 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-20) 20 August 1955 (age 68) Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Political party	Labour and Co-operative
Spouse	Stuart Hercock ​ ​ (m. 1980; died 2010)​
Children	3
Alma mater	University of London

Janet Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, PC (born 20 August 1955), is a British Labour Co-operative Party politician. She was Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. She is the principal of Somerville College, Oxford.