John Humphrey Arnott Pakington, 7th Baron Hampton (born 24 December 1964), is a British

hereditary peer The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of September 2022, there are 807 hereditary peers: 29 dukes (including five royal dukes), 34 marquesses, 190 earls, 111 viscounts, and 443 barons (disregarding subsid ...

and a crossbench member of the

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. Lord Hampton became a member of the House in October 2022, being elected in a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election. He lives in

Hackney, London Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen E ...

, and has previously worked as a photographer, and Head of Department in a local

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1964 births Living people 7 People from Hackney, London British photographers {{UK-politician-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 Crossbench hereditary peers