The Lord Freyberg | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
as an
elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 | |
Election | 1999 |
Preceded by | Seat established |
as a
hereditary peer 7 March 1994 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Freyberg |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 December 1970 |
Political party | None ( crossbencher) |
Alma mater | Camberwell College of Arts |
Valerian Bernard Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg (born 15 December 1970) is a British hereditary peer, who sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
Freyberg was born on 15 December 1970 to Paul Freyberg, 2nd Baron Freyberg and Ivry Perronelle Katharine ( née Guild). He studied at Camberwell College of Arts, [1] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994.[ citation needed] He later studied fine art at the Slade School of Fine Art, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2006. [1]
He succeeded his father as Baron Freyberg in 1993. On 12 July 1994, he took his seat in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer, sitting as a non-political crossbencher. [2] He made his maiden speech on 24 January 1995. [3] He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected (by other hereditary peers) to sit in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. He was a member of the Lord's Works of Art Committee from 23 November 1999 to 7 November 2002 Lords. [4]
Lord Freyberg — Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.