Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow

The Earl of Onslow
1928 portrait
Chairman of Committees
In office
1931–1944
MonarchsGeorge V
Edward VIII
George VI
Lord ChancellorThe Viscount Sankey
The Viscount Hailsham
The Viscount Maugham
The Viscount Caldecote
The Viscount Simon
Preceded byThe Earl of Donoughmore
Succeeded byThe Lord Stanmore
Paymaster General
In office
1928–1929
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byThe Duke of Sutherland
Succeeded byThe Lord Arnold
Under-Secretary of State for War
In office
1924–1928
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
SecretaryThe Earl of Derby
Preceded byClement Attlee
Succeeded byThe Duke of Sutherland
Personal details
Born(1876-08-23)23 August 1876
Died9 June 1945(1945-06-09) (aged 68)
Guildford, Surrey, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Violet Marcia Catherine Warwick Bampfylde
(m. 1906)
Children2
Parents
Alma materNew College, Oxford

Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow GBE GCStJ PC DL (23 August 1876 – 9 June 1945), styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.