John Desmond Forbes Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (born 31 October 1949), is a British

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. The son of the 2nd Viscount Waverley and his wife Lorna Ledgerwood, he was educated at

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. Lord Waverley was first married to Anne Suzette Davidson in 1969. He then married Ursula Helen Barrow in 1994. He succeeded to his father's titles in 1990. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers in the

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elected to remain after the passing of the

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, sitting as a

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until his retirement on 23 June 2025. He takes a particular interest in the central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and works as a consultant to the Middle East Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC). He has been honoured with a Yoruba Chieftaincy in Nigeria and received State decorations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Colombia. Lord Waverley has set up the website ''Parliament Revealed'', to explain the workings of the UK Parliament. Lord Waverley retired from the House of Lords on 23 June 2025.

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1949 births Living people People educated at Malvern College Crossbench hereditary peers Viscounts Waverley Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 {{UK-viscount-stub