Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech

Ida Lai

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(m. 2024)​

The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech
Official portrait, 2024
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 22 September 2022 –5 July 2024
Parents	The 6th Baron Harlech Amanda Harlech
Education	Packwood Haugh School Eton College
Alma mater	Central Saint Martins
Occupation	Politician and peer
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	Coldstream Guards

Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech (born 1 July 1986), is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords. ^[2] He has been serving as a Lord in Waiting since September 2022. ^[3]

Personal life

Harlech is a great-great-great-grandson of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who served as British prime minister. ^{[4] [5]} His father was Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech, a Conservative peer, and his mother is Amanda Ormsby-Gore (née Grieve), a creative consultant and writer. ^[6] Due to his father's mental health issues, he describes his mother raising him and his sister "essentially as a single parent". ^[7]

Harlech was educated at Eton College. He studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins art school, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2008. ^[6]

Harlech married Canadian Ida Lai in August 2024 at Islington Town Hall. ^[8]

House of Lords

Harlech sought election as a Liberal Democrat peer in 2017 "in order to stand for equality and progress". ^[9]

Harlech became a member of the House in July 2021, being elected in a hereditary peers' by-election by the whole House. ^[10] He took the oath on 22 July 2021. ^[11] He made his maiden speech on 28 October 2021 during a debate on the Land Use Framework; talking about his father, being an army reservist, his life before joining the Lords and his love of the countryside. ^[7]

He was the youngest member of the House of Lords from July 2021 to July 2023. ^[12]

Titles

• 1 July 1986 – 1 February 2016: The Honourable Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore
• 1 February 2016 – present: The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech

Coat of arms of Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech

Notes Coat of arms of the Ormsby-Gore family Coronet A coronet of a Baron Crest 1st: an Heraldic Tiger rampant Argent; 2nd: a Dexter Arm embowed in armour proper holding in the hand a Man's Leg also in armour couped at the thigh Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules a Fess between three Cross Crosslets fitchy Or (Gore); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Bend between six Cross Crosslets Or (Ormsby) Supporters Dexter: an Heraldic Tiger Argent maned and tufted Sable ducally gorged Or; Sinister: a Lion Or Motto In Hoc Signo Vinces (Under this sign thou shalt conquer)

References

1. "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
2. Kidd, Patrick. "The Times Diary: Oh lord, he's such a baby". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 20 September 2021.
3. "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
4. Pearson, Richard (27 January 1985). "Lord Harlech, British Envoy To U.S. in '60s". The Washington Post . Retrieved 18 July 2021.
5. Walford, Jessica (15 November 2016). "Welsh baron puts treasured family heirlooms up for sale to fund restoration of stately family home". WalesOnline . Retrieved 18 July 2021.
6. "Harlech, 7th Baron, (Jasset David Cody Ormsby Gore) (born 1 July 1986)". Who's Who 2022 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
7. Lord Harlech (28 October 2021). "Land Use Framework". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 815. United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 928–930.
8. "Births, marriages and deaths: August 31, 2024". The Times . 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
9. "Heredity peers' by-election" (PDF). parliament.uk. 1 March 2017.
10. "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, July 2021: result" (PDF). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
11. "House of Lords Business: Oath". UK Parliament. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
12. "House of Lords: Membership and principal office holders". UK Parliament . Retrieved 23 July 2021.

External links

• "Lord Harlech". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Elton	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 2021–present	Incumbent
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis Ormsby-Gore	Baron Harlech 2016–present	Incumbent Heir: none currently