George Brydges Rodney, 10th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke (3 January 1953 – 13 February 2011) was a British peer, a member of the

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from 1992 until 1999, when he was one of those who lost their seats as a result of the

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. Educated at

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, he was the only son of

John Rodney, 9th Baron Rodney John Francis Rodney, 9th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke (28 June 1920 – 13 October 1992) was a British soldier, business man, and peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1973 until his death. Educated at Stowe School and McGill University in Ca ...

, and his wife Régine Elisabeth Lucienne Jeanne Thérèse Marie Ghislaine d'Opdorp, daughter of

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Robert Egide Marie Ghislain Pangaert d'Opdorp. He had one sister, Anne Rodney (born 1955).''

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'', volume 3 (2003), pages 3379–3381 On 13 October 1992, he succeeded his father as Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, in the

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(created 1782) and as a

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, gaining a seat in the House of Lords. On 20 August 1996, he married Jane Blakeney, a daughter of Rowan Blakeney, and they had a son, John George Brydges Rodney, born in 1999. Lord Rodney died on 13 February 2011, aged 58, and his eleven-year-old son succeeded him. At the time of his death, Rodney's published address was 38 Pembroke Road,

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, London W8."Rodney, 10th Baron (George Brydges Rodney)" in ''

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'', online edition

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