The Lord Mancroft | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
as a hereditary peer 23 February 1988 –11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Mancroft |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 | |
Election | 1999 |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 May 1957 |
Political party | Conservative |
Education | Eton College |
Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft,3rd Baron Mancroft (born 16 May 1957),is a British peer,businessman and Conservative Party politician.
Mancroft was born on 16 May 1957. He is the son of the 2nd Baron Mancroft and Diana Lloyd. He was educated at Eton College,an all-boys public school in Berkshire.[ citation needed ]
In 1987 he succeeded to his father's titles and became the 3rd Baron Mancroft. He entered the House of Lords on 23 February 1988 and sits as a Conservative. [1] In 1999 he was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. [2]
Lord Mancroft has been married to Emma Peart,daughter of Thomas Peart and his wife Gabriel,since 20 September 1990;they have one daughter and two sons:
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In February 2008,Mancroft claimed that NHS nurses who had treated him at the Royal United Hospital in Bath were "grubby,drunken and promiscuous". The hospital's Chief Executive,James Scott,called the accusations "damaging and distressing",and requested that the peer retract them. Mancroft met him but refused to apologise. [4]
In November 2020,Mancroft was involved in an online zoom webinar [5] [6] conspiring to actively flout the 2004 ban on hunting with hounds. [7] At the end of the first seminar,Mancroft advises the audience:“Please take that on board everybody. Anything that comes out of these meetings is to be kept amongst ourselves it’s not for general coverage”. Mancroft was not charged;however,other co-conspirators were charged with “encouraging or assisting others to commit offences under the Hunting Act”following an investigation by the Devon and Cornwall Police. [8]
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