The Lord Sudeley | |
|---|---|
 Baron Sudeley in 1987 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Hereditary peer 17 June 1960 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1939 |
| Died | 5 September 2022 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) |
The Hon Elizabeth Villiers
(m. 1980; div. 1988)Margarita née Danko
(m. 1999; div. 2006)Tatiana Dudina (m. 2010) |
| Parent(s) | Michael Hanbury-Tracy (father) Colline Amabel St Hill (mother) |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician, author, activist |
Merlin Charles Sainthill Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley, FSA (17 June 1939 – 5 September 2022) was a British hereditary peer, author, and monarchist.[1] In 1941, at the age of two, he succeeded his first cousin once removed, Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 6th Baron Sudeley, to the Barony of Sudeley and until the reforms of House of Lords Act 1999, he regularly sat as a hereditary peer.
Hanbury-Tracy's reputation was severely damaged in later life by racist comments he made in reports and speeches, alongside comments he made praising the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler.[2] A member of the Conservative Party all his adult life, he was also sometimes President and Chairman of the Conservative Monday Club for seventeen years. He was Vice-Chancellor of the International Monarchist League,[3] and President of the Traditional Britain Group until death.[4]
- ^ "The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 27 October 1999. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Lord Sudeley obituary". 29 November 2023 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ The Monarchist, no.66, p.5, 1985, Norwich, UK
- ^ "About | Traditional Britain Group". Traditionalbritain.org. Retrieved 12 August 2013.