Simon Gordon Jared Russell, 3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool (born 30 August 1952), is a British

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peer. The paternal grandson of

Edward Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool Edward Frederick Langley Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool Order of the British Empire, CBE, Military Cross, MC (10 April 1895 – 8 April 1981), known as Langley Russell, was a British soldier, lawyer, historian and writer. Early life, f ...

, he was educated at

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, and

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. His maternal grandfather was the

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MP Sir Arthur Howard. Russell is also the great-grandson of former British Prime Minister

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. Having lost his seat in the

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under the

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, he returned as an elected hereditary peer at a

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in December 2014. He sits as a

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1952 births Living people People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge INSEAD alumni Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Crossbench hereditary peers Russell of Liverpool Russell of Liverpool {{UK-baron-stub