Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby
Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby (20 April 1931 – 3 October 2014) was a British politician, hereditary peer, and horse welfare advocate.[1][2]
Early life
He was born in
First World War.[1]
He attended
Political career
After inheriting the title in 1984, Lord Allenby served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1993 to 1999. Having lost his automatic right to a seat under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected to remain and sat as a crossbencher.
He had also been a patron of
The British-Israel-World Federation, and he had been aiding and consulting excavations at Megiddo.[citation needed
]
Personal life
Allenby married Sara Margaret Wiggin in 1965, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Milner Wiggin and Margaret Frances Livingstone-Learmonth. They had one son, Henry Jaffnay Hynman Allenby, who succeeded as 4th Viscount in 2014.[4] Lady Allenby died in 2023.[5]
Allenby had a lifelong interest in animal welfare, particularly equestrian welfare, and was patron of the
International League for the Protection of Horses,[1] a charity founded by Ada Cole and now called World Horse Welfare
.
Arms
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References
- ^ a b c d "The 3rd Viscount Allenby - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Viscount Allenby". The Times. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Biodata, biographies.parliament.uk; accessed 29 October 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-1870520805.
- ^ Allenby
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Allenby
- Profile at the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Voting record at PublicWhip.org
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
