Political Peerages 2024

[LoopyCrown3]

The following people are to receive Life Peerages

Conservatives

Mr Charles Banner KC

Mr Peter Booth

Cllr John Fuller OBE

Mr Paul Goodman

Cllr James Jamieson

Mr Stuart Marks CBE

Ms Rosa Monckton MBE

Mr Franck Petitgas

Labour 

Mr John Hannett OBE

Ms Ayesha Hazarika MBE

Ms Jane Ramsey

Mr Gerald Shamash

Plaid Cymru

Ms Carmen Smith

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Any information on Ms Carmen Smith's origins ??

Great to see the daughter of the 3rd viscount Monckton of Benchley to become a Baroness. I always thought her husband, the journalist would have received a Life Barony prior.

[LoopyCrown3]

She is 27 years old so she will become the youngest member of the House of Lords.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

If I may ask, what has a 27 year old done to warrant a peerage?

Thanks.

Brooke

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Surprisingly on wikipedia, she is linked to an Australian Musican ! LOL.  But she is a member of the Welsh Party, but I do agree.. Far too young and in-experienced.

[colinp]

Here is a story from Dec 2023 about Carmen Smith's "election".  Evidently Lord (Dafydd) Wigley has announced he will retire from the Lords soon so Plaid Cymru have been allowed a Lords nomination

Plaid Cymru row over House of Lords nominations

As Jane de Salis has pointed out on another thread Carmen Smith may be the youngest life peer but she will not be the youngest ever member of the House of Lords

[colinp]

Apologies, jumped in too soon - she will become the youngest member of the House of Lords at present

[Jonathan]

The Hon. Rosa Monckton MBE will have achieved something - obtain a seat in the Lords - that her elder brother has repeatedly failed to do (thank goodness!)

[sven_me...@web.de]

Is she having similiar positions as him?

[Observer]

Rosa Monckton is the daughter of the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley and not of the 3rd Viscount.

On Friday 9 February 2024 at 23:34:09 UTC https:/www.maltagenealogy.com/LeighRayment/ wrote:

[Jonathan]

On Saturday 10 February 2024 at 20:37:22 UTC sven_me...@web.de wrote:

Is she having similiar positions as him?

Rosa Monckton is the sister of the present Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. Lord Monckton is a well known climate change denier who has in the past implied that he is a member of the House of Lords and used a portcullis logo, despite having never been so, having succeeded to the title after 1999. The House of Lords authorities had to write to him to ask him to stop describing himself incorrectly as a member of the House, also publishing the letter on their website. Lord Monckton has stood in hereditary peer by-elections, receiving zero votes on at least four occasions. He did finally receive a single vote in 2022, a by-election to replace fellow climate change denier Viscount Ridley.

[malcolm davies]

What’s wrong with being “ a climate change denier”? Politics has no place on this site.

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100% Malcolm. It seems like most things today, if you're not on a bandwagon of the woke left, you're a denier.  Freedom under socialism supporters means follow like a sheep and do not have an opinion, or else.

[sven_me...@web.de]

Your posting is disgusting. 

[Jesse Honey]

I've read a number of Matt Ridley's books and wouldn't call him a
climate change denier- if you've not already, would particularly
recommend The Rational Optimist. He is fully aware of climate change
happening, but is optimistic that there are technological solutions to
mitigate it. He may be right, he may be wrong, but this is not about
politics, and it's not about denial, it's about differences of opinion
in how to deal with the issue.

Personally, I agree with him on some things and disagree on other
things. The world is shades of grey (far more than fifty!), messy,
complicated and ever-changing. Let's please not fall into the trap the
media, particularly social media, sets for us of black and white
thinking, 'woke' versus reactionary, and so on. The world is far more
complicated and interesting than that.

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[sven_me...@web.de]

You seem to be bas reactionary as the person above

[Jesse Honey]

I'm a centrist, so you're wrong.

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[Jonathan]

My post wasn't supposed to be a comment on climate change or politics. Whatever we may think of Lord Monckton's views, the point, which is quite relevant to this group, is that he pretended to be a member of the House of Lords in order to add credence to his views, in particular when giving speeches or lectures in the US. He used the term, "Member of the House of Lords without the right to speak or vote". The House authorities quite rightly asked him to stop making this claim.

Equally, the problem with Viscount Ridley is not his views, with which we may respectfully agree or disagree, but the fact that when he was a member of the House of Lords, he did not always declare financial interests in the areas on which he was speaking.

[colinp]

Some bio in italics:

Nominations from the Leader of the Conservative & Unionist Party:

1. Charles Edward Raymond Banner KC - Barrister at Keating Chambers and interim chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee – b 3 June 1980 m
2. Peter Booth – Design and Retailing businessman and National Chairman of the Conservative National Convention.
3. Cllr John Charles Fuller OBE – Leader of South Norfolk Council and Chairman of Brineflow Limited – b 5 June (or 6 July) 1968 – [depends which Companies House registration you look at]
4. Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman – Journalist and former MP for Wycombe. Former Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government – b 17 November 1959 m
5. Cllr James Gerard Jamieson – Councillor on Central Bedfordshire Council and Former Leader. Former Local Government Association Chairman – b 30 September 1962
6. Stuart Adam Marks CBE – Technology entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party – b 11 September 1966
7. Hon Rosamond Mary Monckton MBE – Founder of Tiffany & Co in the UK, and of the learning disability charity Team Domenica – b 26 October 1953 m
8. Franck Robert Petitgas – Former President of Morgan Stanley International. Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Business and Investment – b February 1961

Nominations from the Leader of the Labour Party:

1. John Hannett OBE - General Secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and a member of ACAS – b 23 June 1953
2. Ayesha Hazarika MBE – Political commentator and broadcaster. Former special adviser to Gordon Brown, Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband – b 15 Dec 1975
3. Jane Ramsey - Chair of the Young Epilepsy. Formerly Senior Adviser on Standards and Ethics to the Labour Party – b 26 September 1960
4. Gerald David Shamash – Partner at Edwards Duthie Shamash’s Parliamentary, Electoral and Media Law practice and solicitor to the Labour Party – b 23 May 1947

Nominations from the Leader of the Plaid Cymru:

1. Carmen Ria Smith – Public Affairs Adviser. Former Chief of Staff for the Welsh Senedd group – b 15 March 1996 (Wikipedia)

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Any idea of Ruth Porter's date of Birth ?

[Baronetcy Lady]

According to Debrett's, she was born in 1982.

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Thank you.

[David Beamish]

The House of Lords website (https://members.parliament.uk/members/lords?SearchText=&PartyId=&Gender=Any&MembershipStatus=3) is showing two of these sets of letters patent sealed yesterday, 6 March (Lord Banner & Lord Shamash), and two today (Lord Booth & Lord Petitgas). Lord Booth's forenames are given as Sydney John Peter, on the basis of which Companies House records give his date of birth as 22 August 1955.

[colinp]

From the Edinburgh Gazette 8 March 2024:

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 6 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Charles Edward Raymond Banner, K.C., by the name, style and title of BARON BANNER, of Barnt Green in the County of Worcestershire.

In the afternoon

Gerald David Shamash, by the name, style and title of BARON SHAMASH, of West Didsbury in the City of Manchester.

[colinp]

From the Edinburgh Gazette 12 March 2024:

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 7 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Franck Robert Marie Petitgas, by the name, style and title of BARON PETITGAS, of Bosham in the County of West Sussex.

In the afternoon

Sydney John Peter Booth, by the name, style and title of BARON BOOTH, of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland.

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 8 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

John Charles Fuller, O.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON FULLER, of Gorleston-on-Sea in the County of Norfolk.

In the afternoon

Stuart Adam Marks, C.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON MARKS OF HALE, of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester

[colinp]

From the London Gazette 14 March 2024:

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 11 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman, by the name, style and title of BARON GOODMAN OF WYCOMBE, of High Wycombe in the County of Buckinghamshire.

In the afternoon

James Gerard Jamieson, by the name, style and title of BARON JAMIESON, of Maulden in the County of Bedfordshire.

[colinp]

From the Edinburgh Gazette 15 March 2024

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 12 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

The Honourable Rosamond Mary Monckton, M.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARONESS MONCKTON OF DALLINGTON FOREST, of Earlsdown in the County of East Sussex.

In the afternoon

John Hannett, O.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON HANNETT OF EVERTON, of Bramley-Moore Dock in the City of Liverpool.

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 13 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Carmen Ria Smith, by the name, style and title of BARONESS SMITH OF LLANFAES, of Llanfaes in the County of Ynys Môn.

In the afternoon

Jane Ramsey, by the name, style and title of BARONESS RAMSEY OF WALL HEATH, of Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark.

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 14 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Ayesha Yousef Hazarika, M.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARONESS HAZARIKA, of Coatbridge in the County of Lanarkshire

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The following new Peers where birth dates are not found.

1. Jane Ramsey.

2. James Jamieson.

3. Stuart Marks.

4. Peter Booth.

5. Gerald Shamash, only known to be born 1947.

6. Ruth Porter, only known to be born 1982.

[S R Eglesfield]

Per company records, Gerald David Shamash was born on 23 May 1947.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

DPB Online has the birth years only for the following peers:

Jane Ramsey, b. 1960

James Jamieson, b. 1962

Stuart Marks, b. 1966

Peter Booth, b. 1954

Hope this helps.

Brooke

[David Beamish]

As I posted to this group on 7 March, Companies House records indicate that Sydney John Peter Booth was born on 22 August 1955.

Companies House records also give the date of birth of James Gerard Jamieson as 30 September 1962.

ColinP's post on 12 February (https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/Rtq-lm-5Rlc/m/TvF0tnh8AQAJ) gave some other dates of birth.

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many thanks to one and all.

[LoopyCrown3]

Carmen Smith BBC clip 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-68627896