Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell

Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell

Ralph Matthew Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 8th Lord Dingwall (born 7 June 1951) is the son of Major The Hon. Robert Jocelyn Palmer (fifth child and third son of the 3rd Earl of Selborne) and the 11th Baroness Lucas and 7th Lady Dingwall.

On the death of his mother in 1991, he succeeded her as 12th Baron Lucas and 8th Lord Dingwall. He is the current owner of the Good Schools Guide. [http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk]

He was a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip in the House of Lords) during 1994-97, and the shadow Lords minister for International Development 1997-98.

He has been married three times, the first time to Clarrissa Marie Lockett, who he married in 1978; they were divorced in 1995. In 1995 he married his second wife, Amanda Atha, who died in 2000. In 2001 he married Antonia Kennedy Rubinstein.

With his first wife, he had two children, a son and daughter. He has one daughter with his third wife. His son and heir is:

*The Hon. Lewis Edward Palmer (born 7 December 1987)

External links

* [http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/Lord_Lucas Lord Lucas Open Rights Group]
* [http://lordlucas.blogspot.com/ Lord Lucas at Blogspot]


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