Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech

Francis David Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech (13 March 1954 – 1 February 2016), was a peer in the United Kingdom.


The Lord Harlech
Personal details
Born
Francis David Ormsby-Gore

(1954-03-13)13 March 1954
Died1 February 2016(2016-02-01) (aged 61)
Talsarnau, Wales
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
(m. 1986; div. 1998)
RelationsAlice Ormsby-Gore (sister)
ChildrenJasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore
Tallulah Sylvia Maria Ormsby-Gore
Parents
ResidenceWoodhill Estate, Oswestry, Shropshire
EducationWorth School

Early life

Lord Harlech was born in 1954, the fifth child and second son of William Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, and his wife Sylvia Thomas. He was educated at Worth School. His elder brother Julian Ormsby-Gore committed suicide in 1974, making Ormsby-Gore the heir to the title of Lord Harlech. He eventually succeeded his father as the 6th Baron Harlech in 1985 and sat as a Conservative member of the House of Lords until the removal of the hereditary peers in 1999.

Harlech lived at Brogyntyn near Oswestry and later at The Mount, Racecourse Road, Oswestry.

Personal life

In 1986, Harlech married Amanda Jane Grieve, who studied English at Oxford. She was a daughter of solicitor Alan Grieve, a director of the Jerwood Foundation, and his first wife, Anne Dulake.[1] Before Lord and Lady Harlech were divorced on 31 August 1998,[2] they had a son and a daughter:

He died of natural causes on 1 February 2016.[4] A North Wales Police spokesman said, "North Wales Police were called to an address at Talsarnau near Harlech at 11.40am on Monday, following reports of the sudden death of a man in his 60s."

Titles

  • 13 March 1954 - 14 February 1964: Master Francis David Ormsby-Gore
  • 14 February 1964 - 26 January 1985: The Honourable. Francis David Ormsby-Gore
  • 26 January 1985 - 1 February 2016: The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech
Coat of arms of Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th 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. "Amanda Harlech's highland fling with Chanel". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. The Peerage, Entry for 6th Lord Harlech
  3. "Men of Harlech". Bonhams Magazine (Issue 50): 36. Spring 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. {{cite news|title=Obituary: Lord Harlech|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 February 2016|page=29}
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
David Ormsby-Gore
Baron Harlech
19852016
Succeeded by
Jasset David Cody
Ormsby-Gore

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