Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6171
selbornejr@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Succeeded the Peerage 1971;
First entered House of Lords 1972;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-
Councils, public bodies
Member, Apple and Pear Development Council 1969-73;
Chair:
Hops Marketing Board 1978-82,
Agricultural and Food Research Council 1982-89;
DL, Hampshire 1982;
President:
Royal Agricultural Society of England 1987-88,
Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene 1991-97;
Chair, Joint Nature Conservation Committee 1991-97;
Member:
NEDC Food Sector Group 1991-92,
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 1993-98;
President, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 1997-2000;
Chair, Foundation for Science and Technology 2006-
International bodies
World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCO 1999-2003
Political interests
Science, agriculture, education, conservation
Countries of interest
Kazakhstan
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Blackmoor Estate Ltd (farming)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Mercers Company (a London City Livery Company)
Chair, Living with Environmental Change Partners Board
Chairman, Thames Tunnel Commission 2011
The Member received a fee from Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council in respect of his membership of the Thames Tunnel Commission. The fee was paid to him via Blackmoor Estate Ltd (see category 1)
4: Shareholdings (b)
Blackmoor Estate Ltd (farming)
Anglo American plc (mining and natural resources)
Prudential plc (financial services group)
Rio Tinto plc (mining)
Royal Dutch Shell plc (energy/oil)
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Governor, Sandwell Academy
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Parliamentary Science and Technology Information Foundation
Chairman, Rank Prize Funds
Chairman, Foundation for Science and Technology