The Lord Northbourne | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a
hereditary peer 5 November 1982 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 4th Baron Northbourne |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
as an
elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 4 September 2018 [1] | |
Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
Succeeded by | The 7th Baron Carrington |
Personal details | |
Born | Christopher George Walter James 18 February 1926 |
Died | 8 September 2019 Northbourne, England | (aged 93)
Nationality | British |
Children | 4 |
Parent | Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Occupation | Farmer, businessman, and peer |
Christopher George Walter James, 5th Baron Northbourne, 6th Baronet, DL, FRICS (18 February 1926 – 8 September 2019), was a British farmer and aristocrat. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2018, and sat as a crossbencher.
The son of Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne, and his wife, Katharine Louise Nickerson of Boston, Massachusetts, he succeeded to his father's title in 1982. He was educated at Eton College in Berkshire and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1959.
Lord Northbourne served as the Crossbench spokesman for families and children in the House of Lords. He was deputy chair of Toynbee Hall and had been chair of Betteshanger Farms Ltd until 1997. Since 1999, he has been chair of the Parenting Support Forum and governor of Wye College. Since 2002, he has been also chair of the Stepney Children's Fund. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS).
He retired from the House of Lords on 4 September 2018. [2]
He died on 8 September 2019 at the age of 93. [3]
Lord Northbourne's garden at Elizabethan Northbourne Court near Deal in Kent, set within the standing former outbuildings (the manor house burned in the 18th century) and upon ancient terracing, nurtured for a century, is reputed one of the finest in England; it is not generally open to the public. [4]
On 18 July 1959, the future Baron married Aliky Louise Hélène Marie-Sygne Claudel, daughter of Henri Charles Claudel, and granddaughter of Paul Claudel. [5]
They had four children: [5] [6]
The Lord Northbourne | |
---|---|
Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a
hereditary peer 5 November 1982 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 4th Baron Northbourne |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
as an
elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 4 September 2018 [1] | |
Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
Succeeded by | The 7th Baron Carrington |
Personal details | |
Born | Christopher George Walter James 18 February 1926 |
Died | 8 September 2019 Northbourne, England | (aged 93)
Nationality | British |
Children | 4 |
Parent | Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Occupation | Farmer, businessman, and peer |
Christopher George Walter James, 5th Baron Northbourne, 6th Baronet, DL, FRICS (18 February 1926 – 8 September 2019), was a British farmer and aristocrat. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2018, and sat as a crossbencher.
The son of Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne, and his wife, Katharine Louise Nickerson of Boston, Massachusetts, he succeeded to his father's title in 1982. He was educated at Eton College in Berkshire and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1959.
Lord Northbourne served as the Crossbench spokesman for families and children in the House of Lords. He was deputy chair of Toynbee Hall and had been chair of Betteshanger Farms Ltd until 1997. Since 1999, he has been chair of the Parenting Support Forum and governor of Wye College. Since 2002, he has been also chair of the Stepney Children's Fund. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS).
He retired from the House of Lords on 4 September 2018. [2]
He died on 8 September 2019 at the age of 93. [3]
Lord Northbourne's garden at Elizabethan Northbourne Court near Deal in Kent, set within the standing former outbuildings (the manor house burned in the 18th century) and upon ancient terracing, nurtured for a century, is reputed one of the finest in England; it is not generally open to the public. [4]
On 18 July 1959, the future Baron married Aliky Louise Hélène Marie-Sygne Claudel, daughter of Henri Charles Claudel, and granddaughter of Paul Claudel. [5]
They had four children: [5] [6]