The Right Honourable
The Lord Freyberg
Member of the House of Lords
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
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. 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. 1 2 "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.


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