The Right Honourable
The Lord Addington
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
17 June 1986 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 5th Baron Addington
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999
Preceded bySeat established
Personal details
Born (1963-08-24) 24 August 1963 (age 60)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrat
SpouseElizabeth Ann (née Morris)
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.libdems.org.uk

Dominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington (born 24 August 1963), is a British Liberal Democrat politician, the president of the British Dyslexic Association[1] and the vice-president of the UK Sports Association.[2]

Early life

Addington was educated at The Hewett School, Norwich, before going up to the Aberdeen University,[3] graduating as M.A. in 1988.

Career

He succeeded to the title of Baron Addington, of Addington, Co. Buckingham, at the death of his father, James Hubbard, 5th Baron Addington, a former British South Africa Police officer, in 1982. On taking up his seat at 22 he was the youngest serving peer in the House of Lords.[4]

Lord Addington was returned as one of the ninety elected representative hereditary peers in Parliament in 1999. He sits on the Liberal Democrat benches in the House of Lords and is party spokesperson for sport. He is currently the longest-serving Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. He is captain of the Commons and Lords Rugby and Football team, and has played in two Parliamentary World Cups competitions in 1994 and 1999.[5]

Personal life

In 1999, Addington married Elizabeth Ann Morris, only daughter of Michael Morris, of Duxbury Park, Chorley, Lancashire. Lord and Lady Addington live in Norwich.[6]

The heir presumptive to the title is his younger brother, the Hon. Michael Hubbard (who by his wife Emmanuella née Ononye has a son, Oliver).

Arms

Coat of arms of Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington
Crest
In front of a fasces fessewise Proper an eagle's head as in the arms.
Escutcheon
Vert a chevron engrailed plain cotised Argent between three eagles' heads erased of the second each gorged with a collar fleurettée Gules
Supporters
On either side an eagle Argent wings addorsed gorged with a collar fleurettée Gules and pendent therefrom an escutcheon Ermine charged with a rose Gules
Motto
Alta Petens (Latin for: Seeking Higher Things)[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "President and Vice Presidents". British Dyslexic Association. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Lord Addington". UK Parliament.
  3. ^ "Politics | Alumni Relations". The University of Aberdeen.
  4. ^ Who's Who in the Liberal Democrats? 5th Edition. PCA Books. 2006. ISBN 1-85187-762-2.
  5. ^ "Dominic Addington". Liberal Democrats.
  6. ^ "Addington, Baron (UK, 1887)". Cracroft's Peerage.
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1915.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byJames Hubbard Baron Addington 1982–present Member of the House of Lords(1982–1999) IncumbentHeir presumptive:Hon. Michael Hubbard Parliament of the United Kingdom New officecreated by the House of Lords Act 1999 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lordsunder the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–present Incumbent


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