Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg

The Right Honourable
The Lord Freyberg
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
as a hereditary peer
7 March 1994 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Freyberg
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born (1970-12-15) 15 December 1970 (age 54)
Political partyNone (crossbencher)
Alma materCamberwell College of Arts

Valerian Bernard Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg (born 15 December 1970) is a British hereditary peer, who sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.

Biography

Freyberg was born on 15 December 1970 to Paul Freyberg, 2nd Baron Freyberg and Ivry Perronelle Katharine (née Guild). He studied at Camberwell College of Arts,[1] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994.[citation needed] He later studied fine art at the Slade School of Fine Art, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2006.[1]

He succeeded his father as Baron Freyberg in 1993. On 12 July 1994, he took his seat in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer, sitting as a non-political crossbencher.[2] He made his maiden speech on 24 January 1995.[3] He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected (by other hereditary peers) to sit in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. He was a member of the Lord's Works of Art Committee from 23 November 1999 to 7 November 2002 Lords.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Freyberg, 3rd Baron, (Valerian Bernard Freyberg) (born 15 Dec. 1970)". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ "debated on Tuesday 12 July 1994". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 556. United Kingdom: House of Lords. 12 July 1994. col. 1633–. Lord Freyberg — Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.
  3. ^ Lord Freyberg (24 January 1995). "Pensions Bill Hl". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 560. United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 987–990.
  4. ^ "Lord Freyberg: Career". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Freyberg
1993–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1993–1999) 		Incumbent
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office
 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–present 		Incumbent


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