John Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea
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| Full name | John Hussey Hamilton Vivian, Lord Swansea | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 June 2005 (aged 80) Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
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John Hussey Hamilton Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea (1 January 1925 – 24 June 2005) was a British peer, sports shooter and
debate over gun control in the United Kingdom
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He was educated at
Deputy Lieutenant for Powys in 1962.[1] In 1966, Vivian, as Lord John Swansea, represented Wales in the Commonwealth Games, where he took Gold in the Full Bore Rifle event.[3] He took a Silver in the same event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane[3] and competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]
Swansea was Vice-Chairman of the
Dunblane Massacre, including a ban on the private possession of pistols.[3] He did, however, support the banning of Kalashnikov rifles and a requirement for shotguns not in use to be locked up securely.[3] He was captain of the House of Lords shooting team, which was forced to shut down after 80 years. Swansea resigned the Conservative whip and sat as a Crossbencher, before losing his place in the House as a result of the House of Lords Act 1999.[3]
Honours
Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa Second Class (DSLJ; 1971) – Dato Seri Laila Jasa[6]
References
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- ^ "Preamble (1956)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 4 December 1956.
- ^ a b c d e "Lord Swansea". The Telegraph. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Results:Day Four". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Cole, Rob. "Lord Swansea". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Negara Brunei Darussalam: obituaries 2005. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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