Reform Looms over the House of Lords
In 2010 I discovered an antique camera from the studio of Alexander Bassano, a famous Victorian society photographer. After Bassano’s death, the studio continued and was eventually owned by my late grandfather who removed the camera whilst modernising.
I returned the camera to its original use, photographing hereditary peers whose ancestors were photographed at the studio. The project documents both those peers who remain in the House of Lords and those who lost their seats as a result of the 1999 House of Lords Act.
With a Labour government further reform seems likely, the project may document the last generation who sat by virtue of their inherited title.
Ivon Anthony Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara
Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage with family
Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton
Michael John Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux
Euan Michael Ross Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes
Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare
Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon - d.2021
John Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea - d.2020
Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer - d.2023
James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell
James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and Kellie
Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath - d.2020
Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd‑Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford
Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby - d.2014
Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso
Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton
Tony Benn, formerly Viscount Stansgate - first peer to renounce his title - d2014.
Thornton Pickard Royal Ruby camera used for all sittings