Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale

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Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale

Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale (born July 18, 1967 in London ) is a British politician ( Liberal Democrats ) and peer .

Life

Rupert Mitford attended Milton Abbey and Highgate School and then studied at Newcastle University . He completed his studies with a BA .

Rupert Mitford, a member of the Anglican Church , is married to Helen, née Shipsey, and has 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lives near Regent's Park (London) and in Northumberland .

politics

After the death of his father Clement Napier Bertram Mitford, 5th Baron Redesdale (1932-1991) he inherited his title Baron Redesdale and the associated seat in the House of Lords . With the House of Lords Act in November 1999, the hereditary parliamentary seats were abolished and Lord Redesdale lost his seat in the House of Lords . On April 18, 2000, in addition to his inherited title of nobility, he was awarded the non-hereditary title of Baron Mitford , of Redesdale in the County of Northumberland , and he was able to take a seat in the House of Lords again as a life peer.

Lord Redesdale is the patron of various non-profit organizations, including the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership , an organization that protects squirrels from immigrant gray squirrels . Rupert Mitford heads the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association and the All-Party Parliamentary Archeology Group . He has chaired the Carbon Management Association and the Energy Managers Association since 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ BBC News
  2. www.rspp.org.uk
  3. They Shoot squirrels don't they? www.guardian.co.uk
  4. Meet ADBA's Board of Directors . The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. 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 October 18, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adbiogas.co.uk
  5. Current Archeology # 250, January 2011, p. 41, "Who is archeology being done for?"

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