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The Lord Sandhurst
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
23 June 2021
By-election23 June 2021
Preceded by The 4th Earl of Selborne
Personal details
Born
Guy Rhys John Mansfield

(1949-03-03) 3 March 1949 (age 75)
Political party Conservative
Parent John Mansfield, 5th Baron Sandhurst
Occupation Barrister
Awards Took silk

Guy Rhys John Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst, KC (born 3 March 1949), is a British barrister, hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.

He served as Chairman of the General Council of the Bar in 2005. [1] He is the current Chairman of Research for the Society of Conservative Lawyers. [2]

Lord Sandhurst was elected as a member of the House of Lords on 17 June 2021 in a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election. [3] He took office on 23 June 2021. [4] He made his maiden speech on 14 September 2021 during the Crime, Police & Sentencing Bill.

References

  1. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election to elect three members" (PDF). House of Lords. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Society of Conservative Lawyers, June 2021: result". Society of Conservative Lawyers. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, June 2021: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Lord Sandhurst". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Sandhurst
2002–present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Edward Mansfield
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
2021–present
Incumbent