Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Ravensdale
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Status1:Lord Temporal
Term Start1:3 April 2019
as an elected hereditary peer
Predecessor1:The 2nd Viscount Slim
Blank1:Other titles
Data1:8th Baronet (of Ancoats)
Birth Name:Daniel Nicholas Mosley
Birth Date:10 October 1982
Birth Place:Nottingham, England
Profession:Engineer
Party:Crossbench
Education:University of Sheffield
Children:3

Daniel Nicholas Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale, 8th Baronet, (born 10 October 1982), is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He is an engineer, currently working as a project director for AtkinsRéalis.[1] His paternal great-grandfather was Oswald Mosley, leader and founder of the British Union of Fascists.

On 28 February 2017, he succeeded his grandfather, the novelist Nicholas Mosley (who did not use the titles), in the Mosley baronetcy and as Baron Ravensdale, a peerage created for his great-great-grandfather George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.

Education and career

Daniel Nicholas Mosley was born on 10 October 1982 in Nottingham to the Hon. Shaun Nicholas Mosley and Teresa Frances Mosley (née Clifford). He attended the University of Sheffield and graduated with a first-class honours degree in aerospace engineering.

He joined Atkins as a systems engineer in 2006 before becoming a project manager in 2011 and a project director in 2015.

House of Lords

On 27 March 2019, Ravensdale won a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, succeeding Viscount Slim in the House of Lords.[2] In his election statement, he had pledged to "champion the Midlands and commit to regular attendance alongside [his] consultancy work, benefiting the House by maintaining [his] expert knowledge of engineering and industry".[3]

Personal life

Mosley married Rachael Carter in 2010. They have three sons.

He supported the Remain campaign in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, but later opposed a second referendum on the withdrawal agreement.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lord Ravensdale . House of Lords . 26 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, March 2019: result. House of Lords. 27 March 2019.
  3. News: Aristocrat wins Parliament seat for life with 18 votes in 'outrageous' election. Bloom. Dan. Daily Mirror. 27 March 2019. 23 July 2023.
  4. Web site: Lord Ravensdale . 5 September 2019 . European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill . Hansard.