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Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley, 7th Baron Cromwell (born 4 March 1960), is a British hereditary peer and member of the

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, sitting as a crossbencher. He was educated at

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and

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. Prior to the

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, which removed all but 92 excepted hereditary peers from the house, he was an active member of the House of Lords. Lord Cromwell lost his seat due to the Act. On 9 April 2014, he was elected to sit in the House of Lords at a

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hereditary peers' by-election, now making him one of the 92 excepted hereditary peers. He sits in the Lords as Lord Cromwell.

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Parliament's official website profile for Lord Cromwell
1960 births Living people Politicians from Leicestershire People educated at Eton College Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Crossbench hereditary peers Barons Cromwell {{England-baron-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999