Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow

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Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow (born February 28, 1938 in Surrey , † May 17, 2011 in London ) from 1945 to 1971 Viscount Cranley , was a British politician ( Conservative Party ).

life and career

Onslow was the only son of William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow , and his first wife Pamela Dillon, daughter of Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon . He attended Eton College and the Sorbonne .

Onslow then served four years with the Life Guards and was deployed in Aden and Oman . During this time he discovered his interest in photography and began working professionally in the field in 1960. He was the only photographer to be admitted to a J. Paul Getty charity party . Two years later he switched to the insurance sector. Among other things, he worked in this area as an underwriter for Lloyd's .

When Onslow inherited the title of Earl of Onslow in 1971 , the former family home of Clandon Park in Surrey , which had been the family home until 1956, was reopened by the National Trust after two years of renovation. Onslow gave up his activity as an insurance broker and farmed the remaining 800 hectares of land. He also moved into the bailiff's house on the property .

He was the governor of the Royal Grammar School in Guilford and the University College of the University of Buckingham . At the Surrey County Agricultural Society , he served as President and Member of the Trustee Council ( Trustee ). He was also President of the Surrey and Hampshire Canal Society . He was the High Steward of Guildford on several occasions. He was a member of Lloyd's Club in London for many years .

Membership in the House of Lords

Onslow inherited the title and the then associated seat in the House of Lords in 1971 . He was one of the hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 (a measure in which he abstained from voting) and remained in the House of Lords . He was a member of the Conservative Party . He supported a reform of the House of Lords, but not in the form planned by the Labor government. As early as 1979, he urged Margaret Thatcher to reform the House of Lords before a Labor government did so. He preferred a solution in which two-thirds of the house are chosen.

He was a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights from July 2005 until his death, and in that capacity criticized Interior Secretary Jacqui Smith for the government's proposed extension of the detention of terrorist suspects to 42 days.

On February 8, 2011, he last took part in a vote; on March 29, 2011 he last spoke up.

Working in public

Onslow's political work focused on human rights , labor law and European politics .

He was an opponent of the death penalty . Onslow spoke out against discrimination against dark-skinned people in the Household Cavalry . He criticized ex-UK minister Enoch Powell's views on immigration policy and integration, reminding him that he was "one of the greatest supporters of immigration" during his time as health minister .

He convinced the government to make it easier for employees to start businesses. He joined a campaign by the Farm Workers' Union against ruthless employers who intended to evict workers from their cottages in the country for high prices to sell to commuters. He successfully campaigned against the Thatcher government's plan to burden children from rural residential areas with the costs of using school buses.

After Michael Fagan, an unemployed family man who was able to break into the Queen's private chambers in July 1982 , was subsequently unable to be punished for trespassing , Onslow pointed out a loophole in the British penal system and, with government support, introduced a bill, to criminalize this offense. Onslow argued that it could not be that penetration into an embassy could be prosecuted, but penetration into the private rooms of the monarch could not be prosecuted.

Onslow was considered one of the best-informed and most constructive critics of the Thatcher government-sponsored Wildlife and Countryside Bill . In 1985 he was replaced as President of the Open Spaces Society as he defended the army's right to train on Salisbury Plain . Onslow spoke out against attempts by British Archbishop Arthur Michael Ramsey to modernize the Anglican liturgy .

Onslow also opposed the excessive and rigid interpretation and interpretation of EU directives that would have resulted in the closure of numerous slaughterhouses in the UK. He also voted against the Maastricht Treaty .

Onslow appeared twice in the satirical television quiz Have I Got News for You , as the only hereditary peer .

Family and death

Onslow married Robin Bullard, daughter of Major Robert Lee Bullard, in 1964. They had three children, two daughters and a son. He died on May 17, 2011 at the age of 73 after developing cancer ; at last he was in a wheelchair.

His son inherited his title as Rupert Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hereditary peer the Earl of Onslow this obituary on BBC News, May 17, 2011
  2. ↑ Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lord Onslow, a Peer by Birth and Contrarian by Nature, Dies at 73 New York Times Obituary , May 21, 2011
  4. ↑ Clandon Park ( Memento of the original of July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Official website, accessed July 6, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.clandonpark.co.uk
  5. ↑ Named: the secret Lloyd's gambling set in Times Online of October 19, 2003
  6. ↑ List of Members of the Joint Committee on Human Rights UK Parliament website, accessed May 30, 2011
  7. ↑ Smith attacked over 42-day speech article on BBC News October 28, 2008
  8. ↑ a b c d e The Earl of Onslow Obituary of the Telegraph, May 17, 2011
  9. ↑ a b c The Earl of Onslow Obituary by the Guardian, May 22, 2011
  10. ^ Immigration: Historical Causes Debate in Hansard of October 7, 1981
  11. ^ Criminal Trespass Bill. [HL] Debate in Hansard on February 29, 1984
  12. ↑ The Bishop of Exeter critical of Fox's aid objections article on BBC News (Democracy Live), May 17, 2011
predecessor Office successor
William Onslow Earl of Onslow
1971-2011 		Rupert Onslow
personal data
SURNAME Onslow, Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Onslow, Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow 7th Earl of (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Surrey
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 2011
Place of death London