Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Rosslyn CVO QPM |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 17 December 1979 |
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Peter St Clair-Erskine 31 March 1958 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Watters |
| Children | Jamie St. Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough Lady Alice St. Clair-Erskine The Hon. Harry St. Clair-Erskine Lady Lucia St. Clair-Erskine |
| Parents | Anthony St Clair-Erskine, 6th Earl of Rosslyn |
| Occupation | Courtier, former police officer |
Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn, CVO, QPM (born 31 March 1958) is a former Metropolitan Police Commander, in which he used the professional name Peter Loughborough (from the subsidiary title, Lord Loughborough, which he bore as heir to the earldom prior to his succession in 1977). The Earl's lands include the world-famous Rosslyn Chapel.
Rosslyn was educated at Eton College and the University of Bristol. He inherited his peerages in 1977 and was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords following the House of Lords Act 1999. He sits as a crossbencher.
Rosslyn, known professionally as Peter Loughborough, joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1980 on the recommendation of his third cousin Lord Strathnaver, a former detective and heir apparent of Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland. He reached the rank of chief inspector in the 1990s. In 1994 he led the undercover Operation Troodos, a successful crackdown on drug dealers in west London, including the drug supplier of the Marquess of Blandford, later Duke of Marlborough. From 2003-2014, he was head of the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department (since amalgamated into Protection Command). He received the Queen's Police Medal in the 2009 New Year Honours and was reputedly the Queen's "favourite policeman".
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