The Right Honourable
The Lord Thurlow
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected hereditary peer
6 February 2015
Preceded byThe Lord Chorley
Personal details
Born
Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce

(1952-04-13) 13 April 1952
Political partyCrossbench

Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow (born 13 April 1952), is a British hereditary peer[1] and chartered surveyor[2] who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

Coats of arms of the barons Thurlow

He was elected to sit in the House at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election on 3 February 2015, following the resignation of Lord Chorley.[3]

He married Bridget Anne Julia Ismay Cheape on 5 May 1980, the daughter of Hugh Bruce Ismay Cheape, of Fossoway Lodge, Kinross. They have four children:

  • The Hon. Nicholas Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b. 1986);
  • The Hon. Iona Tessa Bridget Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b. 1987);
  • The Hon. George Patrick Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b. 1990);
  • The Hon. Lorna Belinda Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b. 1991).

His ancestors include Mary Catherine Bolton (1791–1840), a notable actress, and her husband, Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron Thurlow (1781–1829), a minor poet.

References

  1. ↑ "Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow of Thurlow". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Beamish, David (14 January 2015). "Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election" (PDF). House of Lords. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Beamish, David (3 February 2015). "Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, February 2015: result" (PDF). House of Lords. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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