Forthcoming retirements

[sven_me...@web.de]

Have a look at the Lords Business I can't post the link here. 

* Lord Chadlington, 83, member since 1996

* Lord Suri, 91, member since 2014

* Lord  Trefgarne, 84, member since 1960, longest serving member

* Baroness Lea of Lymm, 78, member since only 2022 

[BREMENMURRAY]

Lord Trefgarne was a minor in 1960 and joined the House of Lords aged 21 in 1962

[sven_me...@web.de]

Ah thank you.

[Henry W]

Lord Trefgarne is an excepted hereditary peer, and his retirement will create another vacancy amongst that group - currently there are 6 vacancies, and the Earl of Lytton and Lord Trefgarne would make that 8.

Lord Trefgarne is also the longest serving member of the House of Lords.  As above, he joined the House in 1962.  The next longest serving member is currently the 20th Earl of Caithness, who took his seat in 1969.

[David Beamish]

The 20th Earl of Caithness took his seat on 21 January 1970: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1970/jan/21/lord-ardwick

By my reckoining the longest-serving member of the House of Lords is now the 5th Earl of Liverpool, who took his seat on 18 November 1969: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1969/nov/18/preamble