Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft (born 16 May 1957), is a

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, businessman and Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Mancroft was born on 16 May 1957. He is the son of the 2nd Baron Mancroft and Diana Lloyd. He was educated at

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, an all-boys public school in Berkshire.

Political career

In 1987 he succeeded to his father's titles and became the 3rd Baron Mancroft. He entered the

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on 23 February 1988 and sits as a

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. In 1999 he was one of the ninety

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s elected to remain in the House of Lords after the

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Personal life

Lord Mancroft has been married to Emma Peart, daughter of Thomas Peart and his wife Gabriel, since 20 September 1990; they have one daughter and two sons: *The Hon. Georgia Esmé Mancroft (born 25 April 1993) *The Hon. Arthur Louis Stormont Mancroft (born 3 May 1995) *The Hon. Maximilian Michael Mancroft (born 3 August 1998)

Arms

Controversies

NHS nurses controversy

In February 2008, Mancroft claimed that

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nurses who had treated him at the

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were "grubby, drunken and promiscuous". The hospital's Chief Executive, James Scott, called the accusations "damaging and distressing", and requested that the peer retract them. Mancroft met him but refused to apologise.

Hunting controversy

In November 2020, Mancroft was involved in an online zoom webinar conspiring to actively flout the 2004 ban on hunting with hounds. At the end of the first seminar, Mancroft advises the audience: ''“Please take that on board everybody. Anything that comes out of these meetings is to be kept amongst ourselves it’s not for general coverage”.'' Mancroft was not charged; however, other co-conspirators were charged with “encouraging or assisting others to commit offences under the Hunting Act” following an investigation by the

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