Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech

The Right Honourable
The Lord Harlech
Official portrait, 2024
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
22 September 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak[1]
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Elected Hereditary Peer
14 July 2021
By-election14 July 2021
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Elton
Personal details
Born (1986-07-01) 1 July 1986
PartyConservative
Spouse
Ida Lai
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(m. 2024)​
Parents
Education
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician and peer
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RankLieutenant
UnitColdstream Guards

Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech (born 1 July 1986), is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.[2] He has been serving as a Lord in Waiting since September 2022.[3]

Personal life

Harlech is a great-great-great-grandson of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who served as British prime minister.[4][5] His father was Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech, a Conservative peer, and his mother is Amanda Ormsby-Gore (née Grieve), a creative consultant and writer.[6] Due to his father's mental health issues, he describes his mother raising him and his sister "essentially as a single parent".[7]

Harlech was educated at Eton College. He studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins art school, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2008.[6]

Harlech married Canadian Ida Lai in August 2024 at Islington Town Hall.[8]

House of Lords

Harlech sought election as a Liberal Democrat peer in 2017 "in order to stand for equality and progress".[9]

Harlech became a member of the House in July 2021, being elected in a hereditary peers' by-election by the whole House.[10] He took the oath on 22 July 2021.[11] He made his maiden speech on 28 October 2021 during a debate on the Land Use Framework; talking about his father, being an army reservist, his life before joining the Lords and his love of the countryside.[7]

He was the youngest member of the House of Lords from July 2021 to July 2023.[12]

Titles

Coat of arms of Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech
Notes
Coat of arms of the Ormsby-Gore family
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
1st: an Heraldic Tiger rampant Argent; 2nd: a Dexter Arm embowed in armour proper holding in the hand a Man's Leg also in armour couped at the thigh
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules a Fess between three Cross Crosslets fitchy Or (Gore); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Bend between six Cross Crosslets Or (Ormsby)
Supporters
Dexter: an Heraldic Tiger Argent maned and tufted Sable ducally gorged Or; Sinister: a Lion Or
Motto
In Hoc Signo Vinces (Under this sign thou shalt conquer)

References

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ Kidd, Patrick. "The Times Diary: Oh lord, he's such a baby". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ Pearson, Richard (27 January 1985). "Lord Harlech, British Envoy To U.S. in '60s". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ Walford, Jessica (15 November 2016). "Welsh baron puts treasured family heirlooms up for sale to fund restoration of stately family home". WalesOnline. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Harlech, 7th Baron, (Jasset David Cody Ormsby Gore) (born 1 July 1986)". Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b Lord Harlech (28 October 2021). "Land Use Framework". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 815. United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 928–930.
  8. ^ "Births, marriages and deaths: August 31, 2024". The Times. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Heredity peers' by-election" (PDF). parliament.uk. 1 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, July 2021: result" (PDF). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ "House of Lords Business: Oath". UK Parliament. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. ^ "House of Lords: Membership and principal office holders". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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