Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech
British peer and politician
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Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech (born 1 July 1986), is a British hereditary peer and life peer, a Conservative member of the House of Lords.[2] He served as a Lord in Waiting from September 2022 to July 2024.[3]
Rishi Sunak[1]
The Lord Harlech | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 22 September 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak[1] |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Elected Hereditary Peer 14 July 2021 – 29 April 2026 | |
| By-election | 14 July 2021 |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Elton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1986 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Ida Lai
(m. 2024) |
| Parents | |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Politician and peer |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
Branch |  British Army |
Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Coldstream Guards |
In May 2026, Harlech was given one of 26 new life peerages, keeping him in the House of Lords after the coming into force of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026.[4]
Personal life
Harlech is a great-great-great-grandson of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who served as British prime minister.[5][6] 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.[7] Due to his father's mental health issues, he describes his mother raising him and his sister "essentially as a single parent".[8]
Harlech was educated at Eton College. He studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins art school, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2008.[7]
Harlech married Canadian Ida Lai in August 2024 at Islington Town Hall.[9]
House of Lords
Harlech sought election as a Liberal Democrat peer in 2017 "in order to stand for equality and progress".[10]
Harlech became a member of the House in July 2021, being elected in a hereditary peers' by-election by the whole House.[11] He took the oath on 22 July 2021.[12] 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.[8]
He was the youngest member of the House of Lords from July 2021 to July 2023.[13]
Titles
- 1 July 1986 – 1 February 2016: The Honourable Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore
- 1 February 2016 – present: The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech
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