Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale
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Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale (born July 18, 1967) is a British peer and politician. He currently sits in the House of Lords as a life peer, Baron Mitford with the Liberal Democrats
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Mitford succeeded to the title in 1991. He is known for his charity, the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership which seeks to control grey squirrel
numbers in the UK and so reverse the decline in the numbers of red squirrel
s. Mitford sits in the House of Lords
as a working peer for the Liberal Democrats
. He is the Liberal Democrat spokesman for the environment in the House of Lords After the House of Lords Act 1999
and the removal of the right of hereditary peers to sit automatically in the House of Lords, he was given a life peerage as Baron Mitford, of Redesdale, in the County of Northumberland on 18 April 2000 to retain his seat. Lord Redesdale currently chairs the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association
and the All Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group.
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
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Mitford succeeded to the title in 1991. He is known for his charity, the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership which seeks to control grey squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
The eastern gray squirrel is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to the eastern and midwestern United States, and to the southerly portions of the eastern provinces of Canada...
numbers in the UK and so reverse the decline in the numbers of red squirrel
Red Squirrel
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia...
s. Mitford sits in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
as a working peer for the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
. He is the Liberal Democrat spokesman for the environment in the House of Lords After the House of Lords Act 1999
House of Lords Act 1999
The House of Lords Act 1999 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. The Act reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. For centuries, the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;...
and the removal of the right of hereditary peers to sit automatically in the House of Lords, he was given a life peerage as Baron Mitford, of Redesdale, in the County of Northumberland on 18 April 2000 to retain his seat. Lord Redesdale currently chairs the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association
The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association is a United Kingdom based trade association for the anaerobic digestion and biogas industries....
and the All Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group.