Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton

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Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton

Raymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton (born June 13, 1932 ) is a British politician, member of the House of Lords and noble landowner.

family

Raymond Jolliffe is the eldest son of William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton , and his wife Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith († 1996). In 1966 he married Joanna de Bertodano. The marriage resulted in five children, including the title heir William Henry Martin Jolliffe .

Life

He attended Eton College and then studied at Trinity College, Oxford . He graduated in 1955 with a Master of Arts in history. 1951 to 1952 he did military service with the Coldstream Guards . Raymond Hervey Jolliffe served as assistant personal advisor to the Governor General of Canada between 1960 and 1962 . In 1960 he became an Associate Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors . In 1994 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Southampton .

Since 1962 he has been a member of a number of non-profit organizations: the Abbeyfield Society (a non-profit Catholic housing organization), the Catholic Housing Aid Society, the London Housing Aid Center, the National Federation of Housing Associations (the umbrella organization of non-profit housing organizations), Mencap (a disability welfare organization ), the Foundation for Alternatives, the Hugh of Witham Foundation and the Action around Bethlehem Children with Disability (ABCD). He worked for L'Arche and the Mendip Wansdyke Local Enterprise Group. Since 1988 he has been President of the Northern Ireland Association for Care and Resettlement of Offenders. He is a member of the Housing Associations Charitable Trust and of Forward Thinking, Trustee of the Acorn Christian Healing Trust and Vice Chairman of the Partners in Hope Association. Between 1993 and 2001 he was chairman of the St Francis and St Sergius Trust Fund. He is the chairman of the Ammerdown Study Center.

politics

In 1967 he inherited the title of Baron Hylton from his father and thus also his seat in the House of Lords . With the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 , he lost the automatic seat in the House of Lords along with all other Hereditary Peers. However, he was elected as one of the 90 elected hereditary peers to remain in the House after the reform.

Individual evidence

predecessor Office successor
William Jolliffe Baron Hylton
since 1967 		current owner of the title
personal data
SURNAME Jolliffe, Raymond, 5th Baron Hylton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jolliffe, Raymond Hervey, 5th Baron Hylton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Lords and noble landowner
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1932