Marquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries,particularly the 3rd Marquess,who served three times as Prime Minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,Baron Young of Cookham,,known as Sir George Young,6th Baronet,from 1960 to 2015,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015,having represented North West Hampshire from 1997 and Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions:as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997;as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2012 to 2014.
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington,6th Baron Carrington,Baron Carington of Upton,,was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974,Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982,Chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984,and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. In Margaret Thatcher's first government,he played a major role in negotiating the Lancaster House Agreement that ended the racial conflict in Rhodesia and enabled the creation of Zimbabwe.
Marquess of Cholmondeley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for George Cholmondeley,4th Earl of Cholmondeley.
Archibald Gavin Hamilton,Baron Hamilton of Epsom,is a British Conservative Party politician. A member of the House of Lords,he served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces under John Major.
Viscount Younger of Leckie,of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 February 1923 for the Unionist politician Sir George Younger,1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet,of Leckie in the County of Clackmannan,in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom,on 12 July 1911. His grandson,the third Viscount,served as Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire from 1964 to 1979,whilst the third Viscount's brother was Labour MP Kenneth Younger. His son,the fourth Viscount,was a prominent Conservative politician. In 1992,five years before he succeeded his father,he was created a life peer as Baron Younger of Prestwick,of Ayr in the District of Kyle and Carrick. As of 2017,the titles are held by his son,the fifth Viscount,who succeeded in 2003 and joined the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer in 2010.
Baron Bridges,of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 February 1957 for the prominent civil servant Sir Edward Bridges. He was Cabinet Secretary from 1938 to 1946. He was succeeded by his son,the second Baron,in 1969. He notably served as British Ambassador to Italy from 1983 to 1987. Lord Bridges was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,before his removal for non-attendance in 2016. As of 2017 the title is held by his son,the third Baron,who succeeded to the title in that year. He is the solicitor to,among others,Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and other members of the Royal family. The first Baron was the son of poet laureate Robert Bridges. The first Baron's grandson and current Baron's cousin was created a Life Peer as Baron Bridges of Headley.
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Charles Ponsonby,7th Baron de Mauley,,is a British hereditary peer,former Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs and retired Territorial Army officer.
Anthony Fitzhardinge Gueterbock,18th Baron Berkeley,Baron Gueterbock,,otherwise known as Tony Berkeley,is a British aristocrat and Labour parliamentarian.
James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton,Baron Selkirk of Douglas,is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and then as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region. Since 1997 he has been a member of the House of Lords as a life peer.
John Olav Kerr,Baron Kerr of Kinlochard,is a British former diplomat and civil servant,and is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was a member of the European Convention that first drafted what became Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty,which came into force in December 2009. He later served for a period as Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power.
Frederick James Erroll,1st Baron Erroll of Hale,Baron Erroll of Kilmun,was a British Conservative politician.
Edward Ettingdere Bridges,1st Baron Bridges,,was a British civil servant.
Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts,Baron Roberts of Conwy,PC was a Welsh Conservative politician.
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing,Baron Orr-Ewing,OBE was a British Conservative politician.
William Strang,1st Baron Strang was a British diplomat who served as a leading adviser to the British Government from the 1930s to the 1950s and as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1949 to 1953.
Cuthbert James McCall Alport,Baron Alport,was a Conservative Party politician,minister,and life peer.
James Mortimer Peddie,Baron Peddie,MBE was a British businessman and politician,a leading figure in the UK co-operative movement.
Robert Brockie Hunter,Baron Hunter of Newington LLD MBE DL FRSE was a physician and university administrator. He was the personal physician to Field Marshal Montgomery,during the Second World War in North west Europe from 1944 to 1945. To friends and colleagues he was known as Bob Hunter.
