John Desmond Forbes Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (born 31 October 1949), is a British peer. The son of the 2nd Viscount Waverley and his wife Lorna Ledgerwood, he was educated at

Malvern College Malvern College is an independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school in the British sense of the term and is a member of the Rugby Group and of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' ...

. Lord Waverley was first married to Anne Suzette Davidson in 1969. He then married Ursula Helen Barrow in 1994. He succeeded to his father's titles in 1990. He is one of the ninety

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 ...

s in the

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elected to remain after the passing of the

House of Lords Act 1999 The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries, the House of Lords ...

, sitting as a crossbencher. He takes a particular interest in the central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and works as a consultant to the Middle East Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC). He has been honoured with a Yoruba Chieftaincy in Nigeria and received State decorations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Colombia. Lord Waverley has set up the website ''Parliament Revealed'', to explain the workings of the UK Parliament.

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1949 births Living people People educated at Malvern College Crossbench hereditary peers Viscounts Waverley {{UK-viscount-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999