Richard Gilbey, 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden
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Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey, 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (born 16 March 1965), is a British hereditary peer[1] and life peer, a member of the House of Lords who sits as a crossbencher.
16 March 1965
The Lord Vaux of Harrowden | |
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Official parliamentary portrait, 2017 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Elected Hereditary Peer 19 July 2017 – 29 April 2026 | |
| By-election | 19 July 2017 |
| Preceded by | The 10th Baron Walpole |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey 16 March 1965 |
| Party | Crossbench |
He was elected to sit in the House at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election in July 2017, in place of Lord Walpole who retired in June 2017.[2] He made his maiden speech on 17 October 2017 concerning the impact of Brexit on agriculture in Scotland.[3] In May 2026, he 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]
He is a member of the Financial Services Regulation Committee and the Restoration and Renewal Programme Board. He was chair of the Finance Committee from January 2021 to January 2024.[5] He has made many interventions and speeches on bills relating to corporate regulation, including in particular the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, and the Financial Services and Markets Bill.[5]
He originally qualified as a chartered accountant and was Managing Director, Corporate Development for Sungard Data Systems from 2003 to 2016. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, Anthony, the 11th Baron, in 2014, and inherited the family seat, Rusko, near Gatehouse of Fleet, in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire.[6][7]