Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Thurlow
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Status1:Lord Temporal
Term Label1:as an elected hereditary peer
Term Start1:6 February 2015
Predecessor1:The Lord Chorley
Birth Name:Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce
Birth Date:13 April 1952
Party:Crossbench

Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow (born 13 April 1952), is a British hereditary peer and chartered surveyor[1] who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

He was elected to sit in the House at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election on 3 February 2015, following the resignation of Lord Chorley.[2]

He married Bridget Anne Julia Ismay Cheape on 5 May 1980, the daughter of Hugh Bruce Ismay Cheape, of Fossoway Lodge, Kinross. They have four children:

His ancestors include Mary Catherine Bolton (1791–1840), a notable actress, and her husband, Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron Thurlow (1781–1829), a minor poet.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crossbench hereditary peers’ by-election . House of Lords . 14 January 2015 . 24 November 2015 . Beamish, David.
  2. Web site: Crossbench hereditary peers’ by-election, February 2015: result . House of Lords . 3 February 2015 . 24 November 2015 . Beamish, David.