Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas
Ralph Matthew Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas, 8th Lord Dingwall (born June 7, 1951 ) is a British nobleman and politician.
Ralph Palmer is the son of Major Robert Jocelyn Palmer (son of Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne ) and Anne Palmer, 11th Baroness Lucas, 7th Lady Dingwall . He was married three times. In 1978 he married Clarrissa Marie Lockett's first marriage. In 1995 they divorced and he married Amanda Atha that same year. After her death in 2000, he married his third wife, Antonia Kennedy Rubinstein, in 2001. The first marriage gave birth to a son and daughter, and the third marriage produced a daughter.
He attended Twyford School in Hampshire and then studied physics at Balliol College, Oxford . After training as a chartered accountant in 1976, he worked for SG Warburg & Co Ltd. from 1976 to 1988 . He is the editor-in-chief of The Good Schools Guide , a directory of UK schools and a liveryman for the Worshipful Company of Mercers .
He is on the board of directors of the New College of the Humanities founded by AC Grayling .
politics
With the death of his mother in 1991 he inherited the titles of 12th Baron Lucas and 8th Lord Dingwall . A hereditary seat in the House of Lords was also associated with the title . There he was Lord in Waiting from 1994 to 1997 and was appointed Minister for International Development in the shadow cabinet of the Conservative Party from 1997 to 1998 , but did not get a chance due to the election success of the Labor Party under Tony Blair . He is one of the 92 peers who retained their parliamentary seat after the reforms of the House of Lords Act 1999 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lord Lucas . The Motorists' Legal Challenge Fund , UK. Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. 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. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ↑ a b The Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall . Debrett's . Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ The Good Schools Guide , UK.
- ↑ New College of the Humanities ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 2011.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Palmer |
Baron Lucas Lord Dingwall 1991 – today |
current owner of the title |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Palmer, Ralph, 12th Baron Lucas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palmer, Ralph Matthew, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell, 8th Lord Dingwall |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British trade unionist, Labor Party politician and member of the House of Lords |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1951 |