The Duke of Wellington
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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The Duke of Wellington's full title is The Duke of Wellington. His name is Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
32 Content(19.8%)
5 Not-Content(3.1%)
125 didn't vote(77.2%)
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-03-03
Gibraltar Treaty
My Lords, I declare my interest in Spain. I very much welcome this draft treaty. I think it is very much for the benefit of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and Spain. There is reference in the helpful note prepared by the Foreign Office to various “Parliam
My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, who has chaired the European Affairs Committee for the past three years. He skilfully led us to a consensus on most occasions, and all members of the committee are grateful to him.
The Governme
My Lords, the Question refers to water management, particularly in relation to protracted droughts. Does the Minister agree that one of the problems is the huge amount of water—billions of litres every year—that is lost from the system through leakage? L
2026-01-26
Water White Paper
My Lords, as there is still time, I will ask one further question, if the Whip will allow me. The White Paper mentions cutting leakage. The previous Government had a target of reducing leaks by 50% by 2050. It seemed to me—I asked a question in the House
2026-01-26
Water White Paper
My Lords, I very much welcome the Statement and the White Paper, as the Minister knows, and I am particularly pleased that the Statement refers in its opening paragraph to
“putting consumers and the environment first”.
We had a discussion in this H
2026-01-06
Flooding Interventions
My Lords, in the middle of last year the excellent report came out from the Independent Water Commission which, among other things, recommended a certain restructuring of the Environment Agency. We were promised a White Paper later last year, after that
My Lords, the Minister, in her reply to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, mentioned Ofwat. The Independent Water Commission, which reported in July, recommended the abolition of Ofwat and the institution of a new regulator. I realise that this falls und
2025-09-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I enter this debate with trepidation. Unlike some noble lords, I am not a professional in medicine or law, but I have a view on this most complex matter that touches on so many aspects of humanity. Many of us will know of relations or friends w
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I am most grateful to those who have contributed comments on my Amendment 8. I must admit that I have not quite persuaded the Leader to go as far as I had hoped she might, but I have to accept—and I know that she spoke in total good faith—that
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Parminter and Lady Altmann, for signing the amendment. The noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu, would have done so if she had been in time.
I have stated in previous debates that although I will be
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
2025-06-04
Thames Water
My Lords, does the Minister agree that—as many people have said already—the root of the problem at Thames is the level of debt? The fact is that, many years ago, Ofwat allowed Thames Water to increase the level of its own debt beyond any reasonableness.
2025-05-14
Water: Supply and Infrastructure
My Lords, the Minister just mentioned 2050. It is a fact, unfortunately, that the government target for reducing leakage by 2050 is only 50% from the current level of leakage, which is, of course, far greater than it should be. Does the Minister agree th
2025-04-03
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
My Lords, I declare an interest as one of my sons and his wife work for the Halo Trust, one of the leading de-mining charities. Also, I am a trustee of the Royal United Services Institute.
This debate is about a very difficult military and moral issue
2025-04-02
Mathematical Sciences
My Lords, I declare an interest as patron of the King’s Maths School. I thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Malvern, who is in her place, for seeing the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, and me recently, and for visiting the school. We are mos
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I say to the Leader that I should like to reserve the right to table the amendment again on Report.
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I apologise for being absent from the Chamber earlier, when I was attending the European Affairs Select Committee. At Second Reading, I said that I thought the Bill should be allowed to pass largely unamended, and I said that with great sadness
2025-03-18
Sustainable Farming Incentive
My Lords, I declare my agricultural interests as in the register. My noble friend Lady Batters very much wanted to be here this evening, but as a working farmer she is having to carry out TB testing today.
Following on from some of the earlier questio
2024-12-11
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, it is not a comfortable sensation for a hereditary Peer to be speaking in this debate. As I have said before, it is a great privilege to have performed a public service as a Member of this Chamber, and I will certainly be very sad to leave. How
2024-11-20
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation. The point of Amendment 45 was only that I was advised by the Public Bill Office that I had to table it to make Amendment 47 make sense—parliamentary drafting not being one of my specialities. However,
2024-11-20
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
My Lords, Amendment 45, the related Amendment 47 in my name and, in a sense, the intervening Amendment 46 from the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, all seek in essence the same purpose—namely, to ensure that any fines imposed on the water industry, either
2024-11-20
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
2024-11-20
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
I speak to Amendment 41 in my name. It makes a simple point that I hope will find sympathy with the Minister and other Members.
I well remember, as other Members may, that during the passage of the Environment Act three years ago, there was a major sp
2024-11-20
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am still certain in my own mind that the environmental voice needs to be louder in decision-making in this industry in future. I was considerably reassured by the Minister explaining how environmental considerations are central to so much of
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Register of Interests · 12 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Director, Richemont Holdings (UK) Limited (high quality brands)
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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AGSL (agricultural company in Spain)
registered 2020-01-22 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Aurora UK Alpha plc (investment trust)
registered 2026-06-03
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Oakley Capital Investments
registered 2024-05-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Berkshire Hathaway (multinational conglomerate holding company)
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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RIT Capital Partners plc (investment trust)
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Diageo plc (beverage alcohol)
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (high quality brands)
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Partner in family farming business in Ayrshire
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Partner in family farming business in Hampshire
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Agricultural property in Wallonia, Belgium
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Agricultural property in the province of Granada, Spain
registered 2015-10-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2020-09-03 → 2026-04-29
Crossbench
2019-09-04 → 2020-09-02
Non-affiliated
2015-09-17 → 2019-09-03
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2016-11-22 → 2017-04-27
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
2022-01-19 → 2024-05-30
Environment and Climate Change Committee
2024-07-29 → 2026-04-29
European Affairs Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2021-06-07 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.