Background
The son of the 9th Earl of Glasgow and Dorothea Lyle, he was educated at Eton College, Berkshire and at the Sorbonne in Paris.
The son of the 9th Earl of Glasgow and Dorothea Lyle, he was educated at Eton College, Berkshire and at the Sorbonne in Paris.
University of Paris; Eton College.
The family seat is Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire. He currently sits as a Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords. In 1960, he served in the Royal Naval Reserve, receiving the rank of Sub-Lieutenant.
He subsequently worked as an assistant director in films and as a television documentary producer, he founded Kelburn Country Centre in 1977.
He succeeded to his father"s titles in 1984, and became a Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran in 1995. He was elected in 2005 to succeed the 5th Earl Russell as one of the 92 hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Acting 1999.