The House of Lords by its nature is not a young House, either in terms of longevity or membership. Members tend to be appointed because of their expertise or experience, so usually join the House when they have established themselves in a particular field. Membership is for life. Nonetheless, some members come in at a relatively young age. When peers inherited seats, some did so in their twenties. (Lord Carrington is an obvious example, having taken his seat at the age of 21.) This week’s quiz focuses on current members who joined the House while still in their twenties or thirties. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners.
1. I am an elected hereditary peer. I first entered the House at the age of 23 and have been a noted campaigner on the issue of war widows as well as taking an interest in the arts. Who am I?
2. I am known for my involvement in the media and was Managing Director of Planet 24 Productions at the time of my elevation to the peerage at the age of 34. Who am I?
3. I was a solicitor and a parliamentary candidate before being made a peer at the age of 36. I subsequently achieved Cabinet rank. Who am I?
4. I am a barrister and joined the Lords at the age of 39. I have served as Director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. Who am I?
5. I was co-founder of Teach First and was made a peer at the age of 33. Who am I?
6. I first entered the House as a Liberal Democrat hereditary peer at the age of 24 and was made a life peer a year after the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999. Who am I?
Briefly please
in the less-visible greater Context of a more Sustainworthy and Participatory Democracy,
we need to be seeking-out those young-people who are willing and able to join deeply-seriously and “longest-term affordably” in every stage of the Needs-&-Hows-Determining and Legislatory Processw.
right into the heart of the two Houses’ Committe Rooms themselves
as active-advocates of people’s needs and affordable-hows.
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We still need your type of Quizzes, Lord Norton;
but we definitely need to have both more time to participate in the actual ditty-nitty-gritty of legislating to meet every-one’s today-and-tomorrow needs-&affordable-hows
and for far-more if not ‘all’ of us
to be enabled to extract from History
in far less ‘research’ time
such vital kernels as are essential to our ongoing improvement of our short- and longest- term Participatorily-Democratic Governance.
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That’s all; thank you.
Over to you.
1. Lord Freyberg
2. Lord Alli
3. Baroness Warsi
4. Baroness Berridge
5. Lord Adonis
6. Lord Redesdale
Not sure about the first one though.
1. Lord Freyberg
2. Lord Alli
3. Baroness Warsi
4. Baroness Berridge
5. Lord Wei
6. Lord Redesdale
1. Lord Freyberg
2. Lord Alli
3. Baroness Warsi
4. Baroness Berridge
5. Lord Wei
6. Lord Redesdale
Lord Carrington is an obvious example, having taken his seat at the age of 21
With a professional interest in antiques it is not surprising, but the others, with geriatric medicine perhaps and other old age related issues.
A little late I fear….
1. Lord Freyberg
2. Lord Alli
3. Baroness Warsi
4. Baroness Berridge
5. Lord Wei
6. Lord Redesdale
An extraordinary collection of good old English names. I wonder whether there is a moral to the story?!