Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn, (born 31 March 1958), known professionally as Peter Loughborough, is a British peer and former

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. The Earl's lands include Rosslyn Chapel.

Background and education

Lord Rosslyn was educated at Ludgrove School,

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and the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

. He inherited his titles in 1977, and took his seat in the

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on 15 January 1980. Ahead of the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 which excluded most hereditary peers he was elected as one of the 28 peers in the Crossbench group who were to remain in the House of Lords. As of 2022, in 43 years in the

he had only spoken once and voted five times, each in relation to reform of the Lords.

Career

Rosslyn joined the

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in 1980 on the recommendation of his third cousin Lord Strathnaver, a former detective and heir apparent of The 24th Countess of Sutherland. He reached the rank of chief inspector in the 1990s. In 1994 he led the undercover Operation Troodos, a successful crackdown on drug dealers in west London, including the drug supplier of the

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, later

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. From 2003 to 2014, he was head of the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department (since amalgamated into

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). He received the

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in the

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and was reputedly the Queen's "favourite policeman". In March 2014, Lord Rosslyn was appointed as Master of the Household to The Prince of Wales, and The Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House. On 29 September 2014, Lord Rosslyn was appointed a

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(CVO) upon relinquishing his appointment as Head of Royalty and Specialist Protection Department.

Family

He married Helen Watters in 1982 and they have two sons and two daughters. Lady Rosslyn runs the London Original Print Fair.

Honours

UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon

Police Long Service and Good Conduct ribbon

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