Richard Newby, Baron Newby
On leaving university, Newby joined HM Customs and Excise where he became principal in charge of budget coordination in 1980.Newby worked extensively on programmes which used the power of sport to help motivate and educate children and young people.[6][7] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours[8] and was created a life peer with the title Baron Newby, of Rothwell in the County of West Yorkshire on 25 September 1997.Lord Newby has been married since 1978 to Ailsa Ballantyne (née Thomson), a priest and Canon Residentiary of Ripon Cathedral; they have two sons.According to the House of Lords register of members' interests, he jointly owns, with his wife, two flats in Lambeth, London, which are rented out.
The Right HonourableLeader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of LordsIncumbentThe Lord DholakiaThe Baroness WalmsleyTim FarronSir Vince CableJo SwinsonBrintonThe Lord Wallace of TankernessNick CleggThe Lord Shutt of GreetlandThe Lord Stoneham of DroxfordDeputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the GuardDavid CameronThe Lord Gardiner of KimbleMember of the House of LordsLord TemporalLife PeerageLiberal DemocratsSocial DemocraticAlma materSt Catherine's College, OxfordGovernment Deputy Chief WhipHouse of LordsLiberal DemocratRothwell Grammar SchoolLofthouseWest YorkshireSt Catherine's CollegeUniversity of OxfordBachelor of Artsphilosophy, politics and economicsMaster of ArtsHM Customs and ExciseThe Prince's TrustUK SportSocial Democratic PartyTwickenhamVince CableChief of StaffCharles KennedyMenzies CampbellOfficer of the Order of the British Empire1990 New Year Honourslife peerRothwellLiberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of LordsCaptain of the Yeomen of the GuardTreasuryLord Wallace of TankernessCanon ResidentiaryRipon CathedralPolitico EuropeThe London GazetteDeputy Government Chief WhipLiberal Democrat Chief WhipOrders of precedence in the United KingdomThe Lord LevyGentlemenThe Lord Lang of MonktonHereditary peersAddingtonGlasgowRussellThursoLife peersAlderdiceAllan of HallamAllianceBakewell of Hardington MandevilleBarkerBenjaminBonham-Carter of YarnburyBowles of BerkhamstedBradshawBruce of BennachieBurnettBurt of SolihullCampbell of PittenweemClement-JonesDholakiaDooceyFeatherstoneFoster of BathGarden of FrognalGermanGoddard of StockportGrenderHamweeHarris of RichmondHumphreysHussainHussein-EceKramerLee of TraffordLudfordMarks of Henley-on-ThamesMcNallyMiller of Chilthorne DomerNorthoverPalmer of Childs HillPalumbo of SouthwarkParminterPidgeonPinnockPurvisRazzallRedesdaleRennardRoberts of LlandudnoScott of Needham MarketScrivenSharkeySheehanShipleySmith of NewnhamStephenStoneham of DroxfordStoreyStrasburgerSuttieTaverneTaylor of Goss MoorTeversonThomas of Gresford