Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow
The Lord Thurlow | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as an elected hereditary peer 6 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Chorley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce 13 April 1952 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow (born 13 April 1952), is a British hereditary peer and chartered surveyor who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
He was elected to sit in the House at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election on 3 February 2015, following the resignation of Lord Chorley.
He married Bridget Anne Julia Ismay Cheape on 5 May 1980, the daughter of Hugh Bruce Ismay Cheape, of Fossoway Lodge, Kinross. They have four children:
- The Hon. Nicholas Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 1986);
- The Hon. Iona Tessa Bridget Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 1987);
- The Hon. George Patrick Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 1990);
- The Hon. Lorna Belinda Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 1991).
His ancestors include Mary Catherine Bolton (1791–1840), a notable actress, and her husband, Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron Thurlow (1781–1829), a minor poet.