The Viscount Chandos | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
as a hereditary peer 29 November 1980 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 2nd Viscount Chandos |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
as a
life peer 19 April 2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 February 1953 |
Political party |
SDP (1981–88) 'Continuing' SDP (1988–90) Labour (since 1990) |
Spouse |
Arabella Sarah Lucy Bailey
(
m. 1985) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) |
Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos Caroline Lascelles |
Relatives | See Lyttelton family |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Thomas Orlando Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos, Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot (born 12 February 1953), is a British hereditary and life peer and politician for the Labour Party. [1]
A member of the Lyttelton family, Chandos is the elder son of Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos and Caroline Lascelles, a daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles ( Private Secretary to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II). He was educated at Eton and Worcester College, Oxford.
Chandos succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1980. [2] He initially sat on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) benches, but when the party merged with the Liberals in 1988 he elected to become a member of the anti-merger 'continuing' SDP, led by David Owen, instead. [3] Alongside Owen and several other Social Democrats, Chandos established the Social Market Foundation (SMF) in 1989, becoming its first chairman. When the 'continuing' SDP collapsed a year later he decided to join the Labour Party, rather than defect to the Conservatives as many of his colleagues in the SMF did. [4]
Chandos lost his seat in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. However, in 2000 he was created a life peer as Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot, of Aldershot in the County of Hampshire, and was able to return to the House of Lords. [2] [5]
Chandos married Arabella Sarah Lucy Bailey, daughter of John Adrian Bailey and Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton, on 19 October 1985. They have three children: [6]
The Viscount Chandos | |
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![]() | |
Member of the House of Lords | |
as a hereditary peer 29 November 1980 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 2nd Viscount Chandos |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
as a
life peer 19 April 2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 February 1953 |
Political party |
SDP (1981–88) 'Continuing' SDP (1988–90) Labour (since 1990) |
Spouse |
Arabella Sarah Lucy Bailey
(
m. 1985) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) |
Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos Caroline Lascelles |
Relatives | See Lyttelton family |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Thomas Orlando Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos, Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot (born 12 February 1953), is a British hereditary and life peer and politician for the Labour Party. [1]
A member of the Lyttelton family, Chandos is the elder son of Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos and Caroline Lascelles, a daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles ( Private Secretary to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II). He was educated at Eton and Worcester College, Oxford.
Chandos succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1980. [2] He initially sat on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) benches, but when the party merged with the Liberals in 1988 he elected to become a member of the anti-merger 'continuing' SDP, led by David Owen, instead. [3] Alongside Owen and several other Social Democrats, Chandos established the Social Market Foundation (SMF) in 1989, becoming its first chairman. When the 'continuing' SDP collapsed a year later he decided to join the Labour Party, rather than defect to the Conservatives as many of his colleagues in the SMF did. [4]
Chandos lost his seat in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. However, in 2000 he was created a life peer as Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot, of Aldershot in the County of Hampshire, and was able to return to the House of Lords. [2] [5]
Chandos married Arabella Sarah Lucy Bailey, daughter of John Adrian Bailey and Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton, on 19 October 1985. They have three children: [6]