William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby

William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, JP (born 7 November 1927), is a British peer and former Army officer. Tenby was elected one of the initial ninety hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2015.

The Right Honourable The Viscount Tenby JP
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 17 November 1983 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 2nd Viscount Tenby
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 1 May 2015 ^[1]
Election	1999
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	The 4th Baron Mountevans
Personal details
Born	(1927-11-07) 7 November 1927 (age 95)
Political party	Crossbench

Biography

Tenby is the son of Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, and Edna Gwenfrom Jones. He was educated at Eastbourne College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he won an exhibition and graduated with a BA degree in 1949.^[2] His father was a National Liberal politician who later served as Home Secretary under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. The 3rd Viscount Tenby's paternal grandfather was David Lloyd George (later the Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor), Liberal Prime Minister (1916–1922), who previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908–1915; thus he and his heirs are also in remainder to that earldom. His elder brother, Captain David Lloyd George RA, served in the Second World War and succeeded as the Viscount Tenby in 1967; he died unmarried on 4 July 1983, aged 60.

In 1955 he married Ursula Diana Ethel Medlicott, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Medlicott DSO.^[3] They have two daughters and one son.^[2]

Tenby is a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire.^[2] Tenby stood down from the House of Lords on 1 May 2015.^[4] Retirement of peers was enabled following the House of Lords Reform Act 2014: Tenby's retirement as a crossbench hereditary peer triggered a by-election, which was won by Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans. He has been a widower since the death of Lady Tenby in 2022.^[5]

References

1. Retired under Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
2. "TENBY, 3rd Viscount (William Lloyd-George)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
3. Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 3871 (TENBY, V). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
4. "Retired members of the House of Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
5. Obituary for Lady Tenby, telegraph.co.uk. Accessed 10 January 2023.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Tenby
• Profile, Cracroft's Peerage. Accessed 10 January 2023.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David Lloyd George	Viscount Tenby 1983–present Member of the House of Lords (1983–1999)	Incumbent
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–2015	Succeeded by The Lord Mountevans