Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig

The Right Honourable The Baroness Henig CBE JP DL
Official portrait, 2019
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
In office 5 March 2018 – 29 February 2024
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 8 June 2004 – 29 February 2024 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	Ruth Beatrice Munzer (1943-11-10)10 November 1943 Leicester, England
Died	29 February 2024(2024-02-29) (aged 80)
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Stanley Henig ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1993)​ Jack Johnstone ​ ​ (m. 1994; died 2013)​
Children	2, including Simon[1]
Alma mater	Wyggeston Girls Grammar School University of London Lancaster University
Occupation	Historian politician

Ruth Beatrice Henig, Baroness Henig, CBE, JP, DL (née Munzer; 10 November 1943 – 29 February 2024) was a British academic historian and Labour politician.