Guy Rhys John Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst, (born 3 March 1949), is a British

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and

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member of the

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. He served as Chairman of the

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in 2005. He is the current Chairman of Research for the

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. Lord Sandhurst was elected as a member of the House of Lords on 17 June 2021 in a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election. He took office on 23 June 2021. He made his maiden speech on 14 September 2021 during the Crime, Police & Sentencing Bill.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandhurst, Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron 1949 births Living people Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Mansfield, Guy Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999