Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1976;
Elected hereditary peer 2005-;
Chair House of Lords London Group 2007-12
Party groups
Sat as Conservative 1976-99;
Elected as Crossbench peer 2005
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1974-78;
President, British Industrial Exhibition:
Sao Paulo 1974,
Caracas 1977,
Mexico 1978;
President, Anglo-Argentine Society 1976-87;
Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council, Canning House:
Chair 1978-80,
President 1987-94;
Chair, Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain 1980-82;
President:
Restaurateurs Association of Great Britain 1982-99,
Centre for International Briefing, Farnham Castle 1985-2003,
Anglo-Belgian Society 1994-2006,
Cambridge University Engineers Association 2001-06
International bodies
Member, Executive Committee, Inter-Parliamentary Union, British Group 1987-99, 2008-;
Delegate, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly 1992-99
Political interests
Consumer affairs
Countries of interest
Latin America
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consultant, Du Maurier Productions (family enterprise)
Occasional lectures to D-Day Tours organised by US National War Museum
4: Shareholdings (b)
Practical Investment Fund (unit trust)
Tate & Lyle plc (food processing)
J Sainsbury plc (retail)
Centrica plc (utilities)
Standard Life plc (financial services)
Royal Dutch Shell plc (oil and gas)
Autofagasta plc (mining & railways)
AstraZeneca (biopharmaceuticals)
BP
SoCo International (oil & gas exploration)
Vodafone plc
Admiral Group plc (car insurance)
Treasury bonds
Schroders Corporate Bond Fund
Elders Capital Account