Rima Horton

Rima Elizabeth Horton (born 31 January 1947)[1] is an English former Labour Party councillor on the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council, winning election in 1986. She twice ran as a Labour candidate for Parliament but lost both times. Horton has also worked as a lecturer at Kingston University.

Rima Horton
Born
Rima Elizabeth Horton

(1947-01-31) 31 January 1947
Bayswater, London, England
OccupationFormer Labour Party councillor (1986–2006)
Former economics lecturer
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2012; died 2016)​

Horton was the longtime partner of actor Alan Rickman. They met in 1965 and lived together from 1977 until his death in 2016.

Early life

Rima Elizabeth Horton was born into a working-class family in Bayswater, the third of four children of Elice Irene (née Frame, 1906–1984) and Wilfred Stewart Horton (1905–2003).[2] Her mother was from Wales while her father was London-born.[3] Horton attended the co-Ed private St. Vincent’s school,[4] and later the University of Southampton.[1]

Career

Horton won election as a Labour Party councillor on the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in 1986,[4] serving as its Chief Whip and a spokesperson on education during her tenure.[1] She lost her place on the council in May 2006, as "part of the national shift" (in which there was a swing against Labour, who had been in government nationally for nine years by that point). She twice ran as a Labour candidate for Parliament, losing to the Conservative candidate both times.[4] Horton also worked as a senior economics lecturer at Kingston University in London. She retired in 2012.[1][4]

Horton served on the board of directors of The Making Place, a children's charity. She was appointed in 2002 and stepped down in 2005.[5] She has also served on the board of trustees of the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill.[6]

Writing

Horton was a contributor to The Elgar Companion to Radical Political Economy in 1994, penning a piece titled "Inequality". In it, she posed three questions: whether people are "naturally equal in essence"; whether and when the redistribution of wealth is justified; and, if so, how much is "fair"? She cited "much recent work" suggesting that health status and mortality rates in developed countries "actually depends on the distribution of income".[7]

Personal life

Horton met aspiring actor Alan Rickman in 1965, when they both found themselves in an amateur theatre group at Chelsea College of Arts he was attending. She was 18 and he was 19. The couple were married in a private ceremony in New York City in 2012.[8] Their marriage was announced publicly three years afterwards, in 2015. Horton lived with Rickman from 1977 until his death in January 2016.[9] The couple were together for over 50 years and had no children.[10]

References

Footnotes
  1. Wood 1992, p. 76.
  2. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007. General Register Office.
       England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. Vol. 12. p. 1804. Print.
  3. Birth Certificate for Rima E. Horton. 31 January 1947. File No. 7221822-1. London, England: General Register Office.
       England & Wales births 1837-2006. Vol. 5D, p. 406. Print.
       England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915. Vol. 2A, p. 337. Print.
  4. Owoseje, Toyin (14 January 2016). "Who is Rima Horton, the childhood sweetheart Alan Rickman married shortly before his death?". International Business Times. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
       McGlone, Jackie (31 July 2006). "A man for all seasons". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. "Ms Rima Elizabeth Horton". Companies In the UK. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. Cabal 2005, p. 3.
  7. Elgar 1994, pp. 203–207.
  8. "Alan Rickman and Longtime Love Rima Horton Secretly Wed 3 Years Ago". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  9. Chiu, Melody (23 April 2015). "Alan Rickman and Longtime Love Rima Horton Secretly Wed 3 Years Ago". People. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  10. "Alan Rickman and 50 Years of Love with Rima Horton". Hitberry. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

Sources
  • Cabal, Fermín (2005). Tejas Verdes: Gate Theatre Presents. Oberon Books. ISBN 1840025379. Cited as Cabal 2005.
  • Horton, Rima (1994). Arestis, Philip; Sawyer, Malcolm C. (eds.). The Elgar Companion to Radical Political Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 184376864X. Cited as Elgar 1994.
  • Wood, Alan H.; Wood, Roger, eds. (1992). Guide to the House of Commons, April 1992. Times Newspapers Ltd. Cited as Wood 1992.
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