Miles Jebb, 2nd Baron Gladwyn

Miles Alvery Gladwyn Jebb, 2nd Baron Gladwyn (March 3, 1930 - August 15, 2017 ) was a British peer , politician and author .

life and career

Jebb was born on March 3, 1930 to the politician and diplomat Gladwyn Jebb and Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn . He attended Eton College and later Magdalen College . In the latter, he graduated in 1953 with a Master of Arts .

Jebb served in the Welsh Guards as 2nd Lieutenant . In the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) he was a lieutenant ( pilot officer ). From 1961 to 1983 he worked in the management of British Airways . Jebb was the author of several books. He wrote on historical subjects. In 2010 he published a biography of the poet and soldier Patrick Shaw-Stewart . Jebb was a member of the Hereditary Peerage Association .

Membership in the House of Lords

After the death of his father, he inherited the title of Baron Gladwyn and the then associated seat in the House of Lords . There he sat as a crossbencher . He first took his seat on December 4, 1996. He gave his inaugural address on March 19, 1997.

By the House of Lords Act 1999 he lost his seat. For one of the remaining seats he ran, but only achieved 33rd place in the Crossbencher. 28 seats were awarded for them. It was on the Register of Hereditary Peers .

family

Jebb was unmarried and had no children, which is why his title of nobility expired on his death.

Publications

• The Thames Valley Heritage Walk , Constable, 1980, ISBN 978-0-09-463420-6 .
• A Guide to the South Downs Way , Constable, 1984, ISBN 978-0-09-464620-9 .
• Walkers, Constable , 1986, ISBN 978-0-09-467430-1 .
• A Guide to the Thames Path , Random House UK, 1988, ISBN 978-0-09-466950-5 .
• East Anglia, an Anthology , Barrie & Jenkins, 1990, ISBN 978-0-7126-2029-1 .
• The Colleges of Oxford , Constable, 1992, ISBN 978-0-09-469180-3 .
• Suffolk , Random House UK, 1995, ISBN 978-0-7126-5363-3 .
• The Diaries of Cynthia Gladwyn , Constable, 1995, ISBN 978-0-09-473130-1 (Editor)
• The Lord Lieutenants and their Deputies , History Press Phillimore & Co, 2007, ISBN 978-1-86077-451-5 .
• Patrick Shaw Stewart , Dovecote-Renaissance, 2010, ISBN 978-1-904349-77-8 .

Web links

• Miles Jebb at Hansard (English)
• Miles Alvery Gladwyn Jebb, 2nd Baron Gladwyn on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
• The Lord Gladwyn biography at Debretts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Miles Alvery Gladwyn Jebb, 2nd Baron Gladwyn on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
2. ^ Miles Alvery Gladwyn Jebb 2nd Baron Gladwyn (I24944) Entry on WH Auden - 'Family Ghosts' , accessed January 29, 2013
3. ↑ MEMBERSHIP LIST Hereditary Peerage Association publication ; Retrieved January 23, 2013
4. ↑ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections website Election Demon , accessed January 2, 2013
5. ↑ Gladwyn, Baron (UK, 1960) entry in Cracroftspeerage , accessed January 29, 2013

predecessor	Office	successor
Gladwyn Jebb	Baron Gladwyn 1996-2017	Title expired