Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale

Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale (born July 18, 1967) is a British peer and politician. He currently sits in the House of Lords as a life peer, Baron Mitford with the Liberal Democrats.

Mitford succeeded to the title in 1991. He is known for his charity, the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership which seeks to control grey squirrel numbers in the UK and so reverse the decline in the numbers of red squirrels.[1] Mitford sits in the House of Lords as a working peer for the Liberal Democrats.[2] He is the Liberal Democrat spokesman for the environment in the House of Lords [3] After the House of Lords Act 1999 and the removal of the right of hereditary peers to sit automatically in the House of Lords, he was given a life peerage as Baron Mitford, of Redesdale, in the County of Northumberland on 18 April 2000 to retain his seat.[4] Lord Redesdale currently chairs the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association[5] and the All Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group.[6]

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  1. ^ They shoot squirrels don't they?. The Guardian. 19 October 2008. http://www.scenta.co.uk/home/search/cit/1733845/they-shoot-squirrels-dont-they.htm 
  2. ^ BBC News
  3. ^ Guardian
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 55838. p. 4915. 4 May 2000. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Meet ADBA's Board of Directors". The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association. http://www.adbiogas.co.uk/ta_content.asp?id=12. 
  6. ^ Current Archaeology #250, January 2011, p. 41, "Who is archaeology being done for?"
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Clement Mitford		 Baron Redesdale
from 1991		 Incumbent