Background
Lymington was born in Whitchurch, Hampshire, the eldest son of Isaac Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth, and his wife Lady Eveline Alicia Juliana Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Lymington was born in Whitchurch, Hampshire, the eldest son of Isaac Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth, and his wife Lady Eveline Alicia Juliana Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon.
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.
He served as Under-Secretary of State for War under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman from 1905 to 1908. At the 1885 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for South Molton and held the seat until 1891. In the latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords.
From 1905 to 1908 Lord Portsmouth served as Under-Secretary of State for War in the Liberal administration of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
Lord Portsmouth was also a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire and Devon and a Deputy Lieutenant. Lord Portsmouth married Beatrice Mary Pease, only child of Edward Pease of Darlington, in 1885.
The Countess of Portsmouth died in 1935.
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Lymington was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Barnstaple at a by-election in February 1880, a seat he held until 1885 when representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885.