Francis David Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech (13 March 1954 – 1 February 2016), was a peer in the United Kingdom.

Early life

Lord Harlech was born in 1954, the fifth child and second son of

David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (20 May 1918 – 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until June 1961 and as Sir David Ormsby-Gore from then until February 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. Early ...

, and his wife Sylvia Lloyd Thomas. He was educated at

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, a

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Catholic school in West Sussex. His mother died in a car crash in 1967. His elder brother Julian committed suicide in 1974, making Ormsby-Gore the heir to the Harlech barony. The sixth baron Harlech eventually succeeded his father in 1985, this is after his father, the fifth baron also died in a car crash. He sat as a

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member of the

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until the removal of the hereditary peers in 1999. Harlech lived at

Brogyntyn Brogyntyn, or Porkington, is a mansion in the parish of Selatyn to the north-west of Oswestry in Shropshire, England. Brogyntyn Hall was the home of the Ormsby-Gore family from 1815, and had previously been the estate of their ancestors the Maur ...

near Oswestry and later at The Mount, Racecourse Road, Oswestry. He also owned Glyn Cywarch in Talsarnau.

Personal life

In 1986, Harlech married Amanda Jane Grieve, who studied English at

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. She was a daughter of solicitor Alan Grieve, a director of the

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, and his first wife, Anne Dulake. Before Lord and Lady Harlech were divorced on 31 August 1998, they had a son and a daughter: * Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech (born 1 July 1986), who studied at

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, and who was

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to take Lord Elton's seat in the House of Lords in 2021. * Tallulah Sylvia Maria Ormsby-Gore (born 16 May 1988). In 2011, it was revealed that he had been

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under the Mental Health Act. He died of natural causes on 1February 2016. A

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spokesman said, "North Wales Police were called to an address at

Talsarnau Talsarnau () or Talsamau is a village and community in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. Its population was 525 in 2001, and had increased to 550 at the 2011 Census. The village of Talsarnau is situated on the A496 coastal road between ...

near Harlech at 11.40am on Monday, following reports of the sudden death of a man in his 60s."

Titles

* 13 March 1954 – 14 February 1964: Master Francis David Ormsby-Gore * 14 February 1964 – 26 January 1985: ''

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'' Francis David Ormsby-Gore * 26 January 1985 – 1 February 2016: ''

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'' The Lord Harlech

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harlech, Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron 1954 births 2016 deaths British people of Irish descent British people of Scottish descent Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers People educated at Worth School Francis 6 Younger sons of barons Welsh landowners

Harlech Harlech () is a seaside resort and community in Gwynedd, north Wales and formerly in the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the Snowdonia National Park. Before 1966, it belonged to the Meirionydd District of the 19 ...