From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Mancroft Succeeded by
Stormont Mancroft 1987–present (current incumbent)
Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft retract them. Mancroft has so far refused to do this, or to
(born 16 May 1957) is a British peer, businessman, Con- apologise.[3]
servative Party politician and former heroin addict.[1]
The son of the 2nd Baron Mancroft and Diana Lloyd,
he was educated at Eton College, Berkshire. In 1987, he
Notes
succeeded to his father’s titles and became one of the [1] Times On Line
ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of [2] thePeerage.com - Person Page 8082
Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. [3] BBC News
Between 1987 and 1998, Mancroft was joint master of
the Vale of White Horse Fox Hounds and is chair of Ad-
diction Recovery Foundation since 1989. He was direc-
References
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ther deputy chair of the British Field Sports Society from Retrieved 2006-12-31.
1992 and 1997, President of the Alliance of Independent Persondata
Retailers from 1996 to 2000 and is chair of the Drug and Name Mancroft, Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd
Alcohol Foundation since 1994. Since 1997, he is director Baron
of Countryside Alliance and since 2005 vice-chairman.
Alternative
Mancroft has been Chairman of Inter Lotto since 1995
names
and was Chairman of Scratch-n-Win Lotteries from 1995
to 1998. He is non-executive director of St Martin’s Short descrip-
Magazines plc and of Rok Corporation since 2003. Since tion
2006, he is further Chairman of New Media Lottery Ser- Date of birth 16 May 1957
vices. Place of birth
Lord Mancroft has been married to Emma Peart,
daughter of Thomas Peart and his wife Gabriel[2] since Date of death
1990; they have two sons, including his heir Arthur Louis Place of death
Stormont Mancroft, and one daughter.
In February 2008, Mancroft claimed that NHS nurses
who had treated him at the Royal United Hospital in Bath
were "grubby, drunken and promiscuous". The hospi-
tal’s Chief Executive, James Scott, called the accusations
"damaging and distressing", and requested that the peer
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