Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Harlech
Official portrait, 2024
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
22 September 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak[1]
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Life peerage
16 June 2026
Elected Hereditary Peer
21 July 2021 – 29 April 2026
2021
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Elton
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born (1986-07-01) 1 July 1986
PartyConservative
Spouse
Ida Lai
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(m. 2024)​
Parents
Education
OccupationPolitician and peer
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch
 British Army
Rank
Lieutenant
UnitColdstream Guards

Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech, Baron Harlech of Glyn Cywarch (born 1 July 1986), is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.[2] He served as a Lord in Waiting from September 2022 to July 2024.[3]

In May 2026, it was announced that Harlech was to be given one of 26 new life peerages, returning him to the House of Lords after the coming into force of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026.[4]

Personal life

Harlech is a great-great-great-grandson of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who served as British prime minister.[5][6] His father was Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech, a Conservative peer, and his mother is Amanda Ormsby-Gore (née Grieve), a creative consultant and writer.[7] Due to his father's mental health issues, he describes his mother raising him and his sister "essentially as a single parent".[8]

Harlech was educated at Eton College. He studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins art school, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2008.[7]

Harlech married Canadian Ida Lai in August 2024 at Islington Town Hall.[9]

House of Lords

Harlech sought election as a Liberal Democrat peer in 2017 "in order to stand for equality and progress".[10]

Harlech became a member of the House in July 2021, being elected in a hereditary peers' by-election by the whole House.[11] He took the oath on 22 July 2021.[12] He made his maiden speech on 28 October 2021 during a debate on the Land Use Framework; talking about his father, being an army reservist, his life before joining the Lords and his love of the countryside.[8]

He was the youngest member of the House of Lords from July 2021 to July 2023.[13]

Titles

Coat of arms of Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech
Notes
Coat of arms of the Ormsby-Gore family
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
1st: an Heraldic Tiger rampant Argent; 2nd: a Dexter Arm embowed in armour proper holding in the hand a Man's Leg also in armour couped at the thigh
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules a Fess between three Cross Crosslets fitchy Or (Gore); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Bend between six Cross Crosslets Or (Ormsby)
Supporters
Dexter: an Heraldic Tiger Argent maned and tufted Sable ducally gorged Or; Sinister: a Lion Or
Motto
In Hoc Signo Vinces (Under this sign thou shalt conquer)

References

  1. "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. Kidd, Patrick. "The Times Diary: Oh lord, he's such a baby". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. "Political Peerages May 2026". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  5. Pearson, Richard (27 January 1985). "Lord Harlech, British Envoy To U.S. in '60s". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  6. Walford, Jessica (15 November 2016). "Welsh baron puts treasured family heirlooms up for sale to fund restoration of stately family home". WalesOnline. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  7. "Harlech, 7th Baron, (Jasset David Cody Ormsby Gore) (born 1 July 1986)". Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. Lord Harlech (28 October 2021). "Land Use Framework". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 815. United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 928–930.
  9. "Births, marriages and deaths: August 31, 2024". The Times. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  10. "Heredity peers' by-election" (PDF). parliament.uk. 1 March 2017.
  11. "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, July 2021: result" (PDF). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  12. "House of Lords Business: Oath". UK Parliament. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. "House of Lords: Membership and principal office holders". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 July 2021.