James Michael Leathes Prior,Baron Prior,was a British Conservative Party politician. A Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987,he represented the Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft until 1983 and then the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987,when he stood down from the House of Commons and was made a life peer. He served in two Conservative cabinets,and outside parliament was Chairman of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce from 1996 to 2004.
Baron Ironside,of Archangel and of Ironside in the County of Aberdeen,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1941 for Field Marshal Sir Edmund Ironside,previously Governor of Gibraltar and Chief of the Imperial General Staff. As of 2020 the title is held by his grandson,the third Baron,who succeeded in that year. The second baron was Deputy Chairman of the House of Lords from 1974 to 1977. However,he lost his seat in parliament after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
Baron Hayter,of Chislehurst in the County of Kent,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1927 for the businessman Sir George Chubb,1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet of Newlands in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1900. Chubb was chairman and managing director of the firm Chubb and Sons Lock and Safe Co Ltd,established by his grandfather Charles Chubb in the early 19th century. "Hayter" was the maiden name of George Hayter Chubb's mother,and was selected in preference to "Chubb",as it was not considered appropriate for names of corporations to be attributed to members of the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his son,the second baron. He was managing director of Chubb and Sons Lock and Safe Co Ltd. His son,the third baron,was managing director and chairman of Chubb and Sons Lock and Safe Co Ltd and also served as deputy chairman of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1995. As of 2014 the titles are held by the latter's son,the fourth baron,who succeeded in 2003.
Baron Merthyr,of Senghenydd in the County of Glamorgan,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Welsh coal mining magnate Sir William Lewis,1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet,of Nantgwyne in the County of Glamorgan,in 1896. The barony is named after the town of Merthyr Tydfil,where Lewis was born. Lord Merthyr's grandson,the third Baron,was Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords from 1957 to 1965 and a Deputy Speaker from 1957 to 1974. The latter was succeeded by his son,the fourth Baron. He disclaimed the peerage for life on 26 April 1977,three weeks after succeeding his father. He did not use his title of baronet either. He died on 5 August 2015.
Peter Edward Walker,Baron Walker of Worcester,was a British Conservative politician who served in Cabinet under Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1961 to 1992 and was made a life peer in 1992.
John Julian Ganzoni,2nd Baron Belstead,Baron Ganzoni,was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990.
Robert Haldane Smith,Baron Smith of Kelvin,is a British businessman and former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Smith was knighted in 1999,appointed to the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer in 2008,and appointed Knight of the Thistle in the 2014 New Year Honours. He was also appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2016.
David Arthur Russell Howell,Baron Howell of Guildford,is a British Conservative Party politician,journalist,and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher,Howell has more recently been a Minister of State in the Foreign Office from the election in 2010 until the reshuffle of 2012. He has served as Chair of the House of Lords International Relations Committee since May 2016. Along with William Hague,Sir George Young and Kenneth Clarke,he is one of the few Cabinet ministers from the 1979–97 governments who continued to hold high office in the party,being its deputy leader in the House of Lords until 2010. His daughter,Frances,was married to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer,George Osborne.
In the United Kingdom,a territorial designation follows modern peerage titles,linking them to a specific place or places. It is also an integral part of all baronetcies. Within Scotland,a territorial designation proclaims a relationship with a particular area of land.
John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter,Baron Boyd-Carpenter,PC,DL was a British Conservative politician.
Donald Kaberry,Baron Kaberry of Adel,MC,TD,known as Sir Donald Kaberry,1st Baronet,from 1960 to 1983,was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Simon Mark Arthur,4th Baron Glenarthur,DL,is a British peer,pilot and businessman. Having succeeded to his father's titles in 1976,he is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999,and sits as a Conservative.
Geoffrey Robert James Borwick,5th Baron Borwick is a British businessman,hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
Sir David Aubrey Scott was a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to New Zealand and Ambassador to South Africa.
John Gardiner,Baron Gardiner of Kimble is a British politician. He is a life peer,and has served as Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords since May 2021.
Sir Douglas Jardine Flint,is a British banker and former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings. He served from 2011 to 2017,having previously been Group Finance Director since 1995. He currently serves as chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen.
Richard Michael Fraser,Baron Fraser of Kilmorack,CBE was a British Conservative Party political administrator. The Conservative historian Lord Blake wrote that Fraser "will go down to history as a figure comparable only to Gorst under Disraeli or the famous Captain Middleton under Salisbury".
The Honourable Sir Richard Storey,2nd Baronet,CBE,DL,FRSA is a British businessman.
Sir Stuart Anthony Lipton is a British property developer,a founder of Stanhope plc,and the co-founder of the property company Chelsfield with Elliott Bernerd,and now a co-founder and partner in Lipton Rogers Developments LLP.
abrdn plc,formerly Standard Life Aberdeen plc,is a United Kingdom-based global investment company headquartered in Edinburgh,Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
