William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby

William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, JP (born 7 November 1927), is a British peer and former Army officer. Tenby was elected one of the initial ninety hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2015.

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Tenby
JP
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
17 November 1983 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Tenby
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – 1 May 2015[1]
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byThe 4th Baron Mountevans
Personal details
Born (1927-11-07) 7 November 1927
Political partyCrossbench

Biography

Tenby is the son of Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, and Edna Gwenfrom Jones. He was educated at Eastbourne College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he won an exhibition and graduated with a BA degree in 1949.[2] His father was a National Liberal politician who later served as Home Secretary under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. The 3rd Viscount Tenby's paternal grandfather was David Lloyd George (later the Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor), Liberal Prime Minister (1916–1922), who previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908–1915; thus he and his heirs are also in remainder to that earldom. His elder brother, Captain David Lloyd George RA, served in the Second World War and succeeded as the Viscount Tenby in 1967; he died unmarried on 4 July 1983, aged 60.

In 1955, the Hon. William Lloyd George, as he was known then, married Ursula Diana Ethel Medlicott, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Medlicott DSO.[3] They have two daughters and one son.[2] Lady Tenby died in 2022.[4]

Tenby is a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire.[2] Tenby stood down from the House of Lords on 1 May 2015.[5] Retirement of peers was enabled following the House of Lords Reform Act 2014: Tenby's retirement as a crossbench hereditary peer triggered a by-election, which was won by Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans.

References
  1. Retired under Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
  2. "TENBY, 3rd Viscount (William Lloyd-George)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
  3. Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 3871 (TENBY, V). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. Obituary for Lady Tenby, telegraph.co.uk. Accessed 10 January 2023.
  5. "Retired members of the House of Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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