Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook, DL, FLS, FZS, FRGS, FIBiol (born 20 June 1933), styled Lord Medway until 1978, is a British zoologist, biologist, naturalist, and peer.[1] Since 1956, he has been active in the fields of ornithology, mammalogy, and zooarchaeology, and has influenced research and education in Southeast Asia.[2] His career focus was on the tiny birds that build edible nests.[3]

Cranbrook was born in St George Hanover Square, the eldest child of John Gathorne-Hardy, 4th Earl of Cranbrook, also a zoologist, and his second wife, Fidelity Seebohm, daughter of Hugh Exton Seebohm and sister of Lord Seebohm. He was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He earned his PhD in 1960 from the University of Birmingham.[1]

A tropical biologist,[4] Cranbrook worked in Malaya for three years before taking up residence at his family seat, Great Glemham House, Great Glemham, Saxmundham, Suffolk.[5]

He succeeded as Earl of Cranbrook upon his father's death in 1978, and sat as a Conservative peer in the House of Lords.[6] He left the Lords in November 1999 as a result of the House of Lords Act 1999; he was not a candidate to retain a place in the House as an elected hereditary peer.[7]

Marriage and issue

On 9 May 1967, he married Caroline Jarvis. Cranbrook and his wife have three children:[1]

  • John Jason Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway (born 26 October 1968), heir apparent to the Earldom, born in Kuala Lumpur[4]
  • Dr. Lady Flora Gathorne-Hardy (born 10 October 1971)
  • Hon. Argus Edward Gathorne-Hardy (born 28 May 1973)

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 941. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. "Cranbrook at 80: Cranbrook at Eighty: His Contributions So Far. Ornithologist, Mammalogist, Zooarchaeologist, Chartered Biologist and Naturalist" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement (29): 1–7. 2013.
  3. Ying, Lim Chia (17 November 2014). "Lifelong commitment to nature". The Star. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. Surman, William (26 February 2010). "Profile: Lady Caroline Cranbrook". Farmers Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Lords/member/3382
  7. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/lords.html
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Gathorne-Hardy		 Earl of Cranbrook
1978–present		 Incumbent
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