David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke
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The Right Honourable The Lord Willoughby de Broke DL FRSA FRGS |
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| UKIP Spokesperson, House of Lords | |
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Leopold David Verney September 14, 1938 |
| Political party | UKIP |
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Conservative (until 2007) |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke DL FRSA FRGS (born 14 September 1938) is a British member of the House of Lords.
Leopold David Verney was born on 14 September 1938. The only son of John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Rachel Wrey, Verney was educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland and at New College, Oxford where he studied modern languages (MA).
He inherited his father's title in 1986 and is one of the 90 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; originally elected a Conservative peer, he defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in January 2007, making him one of only four UKIP members at Westminster.
Since 1992, he has been Chairman of the St Martin's Theatre Company Ltd. - the building of the St Martin's Theatre was commissioned by his grandfather. From 1999 to 2004, he was President of the Heart of England Tourist Board.
From 1990 to 2004, Willoughby de Broke was Patron of the Warwickshire Association of Boys' Clubs and from 2005 to the present has been Chairman of the Warwickshire Hunt. Since 2002 he has been a governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and also since 2002 the president of the Warwickshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS).
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