Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Addington
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Status1:Lord Temporal
Term Label1:as a hereditary peer
Term Start1:17 June 1986
Term End1:11 November 1999
Predecessor1:The 5th Baron Addington
Successor1:Seat abolished
Term Label2:as an elected hereditary peer
Term Start2:11 November 1999
Predecessor2:Seat established
Birth Date:24 August 1963
Nationality:British
Party:Liberal Democrat
Spouse:Elizabeth Ann (née Morris)
Father:James Hubbard, 5th Baron Addington
Alma Mater:University of Aberdeen
Occupation:Politician
Website:www.libdems.org.uk

Dominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington (born 24 August 1963), is a British Liberal Democrat politician, the president of the British Dyslexic Association[1] and the vice-president of the UK Sports Association.[2]

Early life

Addington was educated at The Hewett School, Norwich, before going up to the Aberdeen University,[3] graduating as M.A. in 1988.

Career

He succeeded to the title of Baron Addington, of Addington, Co. Buckingham, at the death of his father, James Hubbard, 5th Baron Addington, a former British South Africa Police officer, in 1982. On taking up his seat at 22 he was the youngest serving peer in the House of Lords.[4]

Lord Addington was returned as one of the ninety elected representative hereditary peers in Parliament in 1999. He sits on the Liberal Democrat benches in the House of Lords and is party spokesperson for sport. He is currently the longest-serving Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. He is captain of the Commons and Lords Rugby and Football team, and has played in two Parliamentary World Cups competitions in 1994 and 1999.[5]

Personal life

In 1999, Addington married Elizabeth Ann Morris, only daughter of Michael Morris, of Duxbury Park, Chorley, Lancashire. Lord and Lady Addington live in Norwich.[6]

The heir presumptive to the title is his younger brother, the Hon. Michael Hubbard (who by his wife Emmanuella née Ononye has a son, Oliver).

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: President and Vice Presidents. British Dyslexic Association. 24 August 2016. 21 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181021151704/https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/about/president-and-vice-presidents. dead.
  2. Web site: Lord Addington. UK Parliament.
  3. Web site: Politics Alumni Relations. The University of Aberdeen.
  4. Book: Who's Who in the Liberal Democrats? 5th Edition. 2006. PCA Books. 1-85187-762-2.
  5. Web site: Dominic Addington. Liberal Democrats.
  6. Web site: Addington, Baron (UK, 1887). Cracroft's Peerage.