Summary
David Stephen Geoffrey Pollock, 3rd Viscount Hanworth (born 16 February 1946), is a British professor and a Labour elected hereditary peer.
The Viscount Hanworth | |
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 Official parliamentary portrait | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 23 October 1996 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Viscount Hanworth |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as an elected hereditary peer 30 January 2011 | |
| Preceded by | The 11th Baron Strabolgi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Stephen Geoffrey Pollock 16 February 1946 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Vambe |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Hanworth was educated at Wellington College and has taken a DPhil degree at the University of Sussex. He is currently Professor of Econometrics and Computational Statistics at the University of Leicester, where he lectures in Mathematical Statistics, Econometrics and Environmental Sciences.[1]
Background edit
A great-grandson of Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, a former Master of the Rolls, Hanworth succeeded to the viscountcy upon his father's death in 1996 and took his seat in the House of Lords until the House of Lords Act in 1999 removed his automatic right to sit in Parliament. He chose not to stand in the election by Labour hereditary peers to select two of their number to remain in Parliament after this Act came into force.[2] Hanworth stood but was unsuccessful in the by-election caused by the death of Lord Milner in 2003. Willing to work in the Lords still, in 2011 he won the cross-house hereditary by-election to become one of fifteen 'deputy speakers', following the death of Lord Strabolgi, who was also Labour. He was therefore appointed/elected on the all hereditary-peer eligibility basis following a death of one of the 90 places which remain based on heredity.[3][4]
Personal life edit
In 1968, he married Elizabeth Liberty Vambe, daughter of writer and journalist Lawrence Vambe. They live in London and have two daughters:
- Hon. Cecile Pollock (born 1971)
- Hon. Charlotte Pollock (born 1973)[5]
As they have no sons, Lord Hanworth's titles are expected to pass to a nephew.
Arms edit
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References edit
- ^ "House of Lords By-election March 2011 - Candidature Statements" (PDF). Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ "United Kingdom Election Results - House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections (scroll down page to section headed 'Labour')". Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ "Results: Hereditary Peers' By-election, March 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ "The Economist - Democracy in action The House of Lords stages the oddest of elections". 24 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1770.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
External links edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Hanworth
- Debrett's People of Today Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- University of Leicester staff page