Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Sandhurst
Honorific-Suffix:KC
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Status1:Lord Temporal
Term Label1:as an elected hereditary peer
Term Start1:23 June 2021
1Blankname1:By-election
1Namedata1:23 June 2021
Predecessor1:The 4th Earl of Selborne
Birth Name:Guy Rhys John Mansfield
Birth Date:3 March 1949
Party:Conservative
Parents:John Mansfield, 5th Baron Sandhurst
Occupation:Barrister
Awards:Took silk

Guy Rhys John Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst, (born 3 March 1949), is a British barrister, hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.

He served as Chairman of the General Council of the Bar in 2005.[1] He is the current Chairman of Research for the Society of Conservative Lawyers.[2]

Lord Sandhurst was elected as a member of the House of Lords on 17 June 2021 in a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election.[3] He took office on 23 June 2021.[4] He made his maiden speech on 14 September 2021 during the Crime, Police & Sentencing Bill.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conservative hereditary peers' by-election to elect three members. House of Lords. 4 June 2021. 17 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Society of Conservative Lawyers, June 2021: result. Society of Conservative Lawyers. 22 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, June 2021: result. House of Lords. 17 June 2021. 17 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Lord Sandhurst. UK Parliament. 26 June 2021.