Lord Mancroft has been married to Emma Peart, daughter of Thomas Peart and his wife Gabriel, since 20 September 1990; they have one daughter and two sons:
The Hon. Georgia Esmé Mancroft (born 25 April 1993)
The Hon. Arthur Louis Stormont Mancroft (born 3 May 1995)
The Hon. Maximilian Michael Mancroft (born 3 August 1998)[citation needed]
Arms
Coat of arms of Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
Crest
In front of a representation of Norwich Castle with three cupolas issuant from each a staff Proper flying therefrom a banner Argent charged with a cross Gules a sword sheathed Gules garnished Or pommelled and hilted Or and a mace Gold in saltire (i.e. a representation of the ancient Crystal Mace and the Sword in the Regalia of the Corporation of the City of Norwich).
Escutcheon
Gules a chevron chequy Argent and Sable between in chief two portcullises chained Or and in base a representation of Farnham Castle triple towered Or on a chief Or a lion passant guardant Sable.
Supporters
On either side a whiffler of the Corporation of the City of Norwich Proper.[3]
Motto
COURAGE, PATIENCE
Controversies
NHS nurses controversy
In February 2008, Mancroft claimed that
NHS nurses who had treated him at the
Royal United Hospital in
Bath were "grubby, drunken and promiscuous". The hospital's Chief Executive, James Scott, called the accusations "damaging and distressing", and requested that the peer retract them. Mancroft met him but refused to apologise.[4]
Hunting controversy
In November 2020, Mancroft was involved in an online zoom webinar[5][6] conspiring to actively flout the
2004 ban on hunting with hounds.[7] At the end of the first seminar, Mancroft advises the audience: “Please take that on board everybody. Anything that comes out of these meetings is to be kept amongst ourselves it’s not for general coverage”. Mancroft was not charged; however, other co-conspirators were charged with “encouraging or assisting others to commit offences under the Hunting Act” following an investigation by the
Devon and Cornwall Police.[8]
Notes
^"Lord Mancroft". UK Parliament Website. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds a previously listed barony of greater precedence. ^* Also a Lord in the
Peerage of Scotland, ^• Also a Baron in the
Peerage of Ireland
Lord Mancroft has been married to Emma Peart, daughter of Thomas Peart and his wife Gabriel, since 20 September 1990; they have one daughter and two sons:
The Hon. Georgia Esmé Mancroft (born 25 April 1993)
The Hon. Arthur Louis Stormont Mancroft (born 3 May 1995)
The Hon. Maximilian Michael Mancroft (born 3 August 1998)[citation needed]
Arms
Coat of arms of Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
Crest
In front of a representation of Norwich Castle with three cupolas issuant from each a staff Proper flying therefrom a banner Argent charged with a cross Gules a sword sheathed Gules garnished Or pommelled and hilted Or and a mace Gold in saltire (i.e. a representation of the ancient Crystal Mace and the Sword in the Regalia of the Corporation of the City of Norwich).
Escutcheon
Gules a chevron chequy Argent and Sable between in chief two portcullises chained Or and in base a representation of Farnham Castle triple towered Or on a chief Or a lion passant guardant Sable.
Supporters
On either side a whiffler of the Corporation of the City of Norwich Proper.[3]
Motto
COURAGE, PATIENCE
Controversies
NHS nurses controversy
In February 2008, Mancroft claimed that
NHS nurses who had treated him at the
Royal United Hospital in
Bath were "grubby, drunken and promiscuous". The hospital's Chief Executive, James Scott, called the accusations "damaging and distressing", and requested that the peer retract them. Mancroft met him but refused to apologise.[4]
Hunting controversy
In November 2020, Mancroft was involved in an online zoom webinar[5][6] conspiring to actively flout the
2004 ban on hunting with hounds.[7] At the end of the first seminar, Mancroft advises the audience: “Please take that on board everybody. Anything that comes out of these meetings is to be kept amongst ourselves it’s not for general coverage”. Mancroft was not charged; however, other co-conspirators were charged with “encouraging or assisting others to commit offences under the Hunting Act” following an investigation by the
Devon and Cornwall Police.[8]
Notes
^"Lord Mancroft". UK Parliament Website. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds a previously listed barony of greater precedence. ^* Also a Lord in the
Peerage of Scotland, ^• Also a Baron in the
Peerage of Ireland