The Lord Camoys | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of the House of Lords | |
as an elected hereditary peer 28 November 2023 | |
Preceded by | The 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux |
Personal details | |
Born | Ralph William Robert Stonor 10 September 1974 |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Ailsa Fiona Mackay |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Thomas Stonor,7th Baron Camoys Elisabeth Mary Hyde Parker |
Residence(s) | Stonor Park,Henley-on-Thames England |
Ralph William Robert Stonor,8th Baron Camoys (born 10 September 1974),is a British hereditary peer and a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Lord Camoys became a member of the House in November 2023,after winning a hereditary peers' by-election to replace Lord Brougham and Vaux. [1]
Stonor was born 10 September 1974 to Thomas Stonor,7th Baron Camoys and Elisabeth Hyde Parker,daughter of Sir William Stephen Hyde-Parker,11th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Manchester,graduating with a BA degree in History. [2]
After graduation,Stonor worked in London and Bristol for private equity firms before joining the Foreign Office as a diplomat,where he worked in Afghanistan and Delhi and in London as leader of a counter-terrorism team. In 2009,he founded Ilex Partners International Limited,a mergers and acquisitions company,with Lord Rothschild. [3] In 2021,he co-founded Marlow Film Studios and is a director. [4]
He is the UK Chairman of the National Trust for Nature Conservation and on its governing board of trustees. [5]
Stonor married Lady Alisa Fiona Mackay,daughter of Peter Mackay,4th Earl of Inchcape in 2004. The couple have three children. [6]