Simon Russell, 3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool
British peer (born 1952)
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Simon Gordon Jared Russell, 3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool (born 30 August 1952), is a British hereditary and life peer. As member of the House of Lords he sits as a crossbencher.
The Lord Russell of Liverpool | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Hereditary peerage 8 April 1981 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Elected Hereditary Peer 9 December 2014 – 29 April 2026 | |
| By-election | 9 December 2014 |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Viscount Allenby |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Simon Gordon Jared Russell 30 August 1952 |
| Party | Crossbench |
The paternal grandson of Edward Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool, he was educated at Charterhouse School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and INSEAD.[1] His maternal grandfather was the Conservative MP Sir Arthur Howard. Russell is also the great-grandson of former British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Having lost his seat in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999, he returned as an elected hereditary peer at a by-election in December 2014.[2] 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.[3]
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