Godfrey Bewicke-Copley, 7th Baron Cromwell explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Cromwell
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Status1:Lord Temporal
Term Label1:as a hereditary peer
Term Start1:18 August 1982
Term End1:11 November 1999
Predecessor1:The 6th Baron Cromwell
Successor1:Seat abolished
Term Label2:as an elected hereditary peer
Term Start2:10 April 2014
Predecessor2:The 2nd Baron Moran
Birth Name:Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley
Birth Date:4 March 1960
Alma Mater:Eton College
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Party:crossbench

Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley, 7th Baron Cromwell (born 4 March 1960), is a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords, sitting as a crossbencher.

He was educated at Eton College and Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Prior to the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed all but 92 excepted hereditary peers from the house, he was an active member of the House of Lords.[1] Lord Cromwell lost his seat due to the Act.

On 9 April 2014, he was elected to sit in the House of Lords at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, now making him one of the 92 excepted hereditary peers.[2] He sits in the Lords as Lord Cromwell.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mr Godfrey Bewicke-Copley (Hansard). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 11 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-election, April 2014: Result. Parliament.uk. 11 March 2022.