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- In 1999, Lord Snowdon was awarded life peerage, which gave him the title of baron and secured his seat in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2016.
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On 16 November 1999, Lord Snowdon was created Baron Armstrong-Jones, of Nymans in the County of West Sussex. [76] This was a life peerage given to him so that he could keep his seat in the House of Lords after most hereditary peers had been excluded.
The title of Baron Snowdon had been conferred in 1726 along with the Dukedom of Edinburgh on Prince Frederick Louis, grandson of George I and future Prince of Wales. It merged in the Crown in 1760, when its holder acceded as George III.
Nov 3, 2022 · In 1999, Lord Snowdon was awarded life peerage, which gave him the title of baron and secured his seat in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2016.
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Apr 2, 2014 · In the late 1990s, Lord Snowdon was awarded life peerage, affording him the title of baron and securing his seat in the House of Lords following the exclusion of hereditary peers.
Jan 13, 2017 · He was born Anthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones on 7 March 1930, into a family of minor gentry. His father, Ronald, was a barrister while his mother, society beauty Anne Messel, later became...
Jan 13, 2017 · He joined the photographic studio of ‘Baron’ – the working name of Henry Nahan, a drinking partner of Prince Philip – then set up his own studio, firstly in Shaftesbury Avenue and then in ...
Apr 27, 2017 · His parents divorced when he was young, and he divided his time between a castle in Ireland, where his mother took up with an earl, and a house in London, where his father worked as a barrister. A...
