Rognvald Richard Farrer Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell (13 September 1923 – 26 October 2008) was a British

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and politician.

Life

He succeeded his father to the peerage in 1929, and thus enjoyed his peerage for 79 years. He lost his right to sit in the

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upon passage of the

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which disqualified most hereditary peers from an automatic seat. Herschell was the only son of Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell, and Vera, daughter of Sir Arthur Nicolson, 10th Baronet, and was educated at

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. He was a

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to the king from 1935 to 1940 and was a train bearer at the

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in 1937. A captain in the

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, Lord Herschell fought in the Second World War from 1942 to 1945. Despite being entitled to a seat in the House of Lords between 1944 and 1999, he never took his seat.Dod's, 1999. p. 486.

Family

Lord Herschell married Lady Heather, daughter of

Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth, (14 March 1888 – 16 October 1962) was a British peer and police officer. Legge was the youngest son of the William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth. During the First World War, he served as a commander with ...

, in 1948. They had one daughter, the Hon. Arabella Jane (b. 1955), who is married to Sir

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. Herschell died in October 2008, aged 85, when the barony became extinct.

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* Bedford, M. (1999). ''Dod's Parliamentary Companion'' (118 ed.). Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing. * * http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-rognvald-herschell 1923 births 2008 deaths People educated at Eton College British people of Polish-Jewish descent Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Rognvald Ragnvald, Rögnvald or Rognvald or Rægnald is an Old Norse name (Old Norse ''Rǫgnvaldr'', modern Icelandic ''Rögnvaldur''; in Old English ''Regenweald'' and in Old Irish, Middle Irish ''Ragnall''). Notable people with the name include: * Ragnva ...

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