Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey, 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (born 16 March 1965), is a British

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and crossbench member of the

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. He was elected to sit in the House at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election in July 2017, in place of Lord Walpole who retired in June 2017. He made his maiden speech on 17 October 2017 concerning the impact of

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on agriculture in Scotland. He originally qualified as a chartered accountant and was Managing Director, Corporate Development for Sungard Data Systems from 2003 to 2016. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, Anthony, the 11th Baron, and inherited the family seat, Rusco, near Gatehouse of Fleet, in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaux of Harrowden, Richard Gilbey, 12th Baron 1965 births Living people 21st-century English nobility Barons Vaux of Harrowden Crossbench hereditary peers Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999