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Official portrait, 2024
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as an elected hereditary peer 28 November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux |
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| Born | Ralph William Robert Stonor (1974-09-10) 10 September 1974 (age 49) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Ailsa Fiona Mackay |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys Elisabeth Mary Hyde Parker |
| Residence(s) | Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames England |
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Ralph William Robert Stonor, 8th Baron Camoys (born 10 September 1974), is a British hereditary peer and a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Lord Camoys became a member of the House in November 2023, after winning a hereditary peers' by-election to replace Lord Brougham and Vaux.[1]
Stonor was born 10 September 1974 to Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys and Elisabeth Hyde Parker, daughter of Sir William Stephen Hyde-Parker, 11th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Manchester, graduating with a BA degree in History.[2]
After graduation, Stonor worked in London and Bristol for private equity firms before joining the Foreign Office as a diplomat, where he worked in Afghanistan and Delhi and in London as leader of a counter-terrorism team. In 2009, he founded Ilex Partners International Limited, a mergers and acquisitions company, with Lord Rothschild.[3] In 2021, he co-founded Marlow Film Studios and is a director.[4]
He is the UK Chairman of the National Trust for Nature Conservation and on its governing board of trustees.[5]
Stonor married Lady Alisa Fiona Mackay, daughter of Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape in 2004. The couple have three children.[6]
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| Preceded by | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 2023–present |
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| Preceded by | Baron Camoys 2023–present |
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