Background
Wakehurst, Lord was born on February 5, 1895 in London, England. Son of Gerald and Lady Louise DeVere (Beauclerk) L.
Wakehurst, Lord was born on February 5, 1895 in London, England. Son of Gerald and Lady Louise DeVere (Beauclerk) L.
Student Eton College, 1908-1914. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Queen's University, Belfast, 1957.
Foreign service, 1919-1921. Member Parliament (Conservative) for East Leicester, 1924-1929, and for Lewes, Sussex, 1931-1936. Governor New South Wales, Australia, 1937-1946.
Governor Northern Ireland, 1952-1964.
Board Governors Royal Ballet.
Member Parliament (Conservative) for East Leicester, 1924-1929, and for Lewes, Sussex, 1931-1936. Member English-Speaking Union (chairman 1946-1951). Served as captain Royal Sussex Regiment and Intelligence Corps, Royal Army.
Lord Prior of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem since 1947.
Married Margaret Tennant, June 3, 1920. Children: Henrietta (Mistress John Reader-Harris), Christopher, David, Robert.