Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow

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Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow (born 28 February 1938) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was known as Viscount Cranley from 1945 to 1971, and he was educated at Eton and the Sorbonne.

1 Public life
- 1.1 Politics
- 1.2 Appearances
2 Family and personal
3 References

[edit] Public life

[edit] Politics

He is one of the hereditary peers who have been elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. He sits on the Conservative benches.

He is a supporter of reform of the House of Lords, but not as proposed by the present Government.

[edit] Appearances

He has appeared on Have I Got News for You twice, and remains the only hereditary peer ever to do so.

[edit] Family and personal

He is the only son of the 6th Earl of Onslow and his first wife, Pamela (nee Dillon).

Onslow married to his wife Robin (nee Bullard) in 1964^[1], daughter of Ann, Lady Aberconway. They have three children:

Rupert Onslow, Viscount Cranley (Rupert Charles William Bullard Onslow, b. 16 June 1967)
- wife: Leigh (nee Jones-Fenleigh)
  - daughter: Olympia Patricia May-Rose Onslow, (b. 7 July 2003)^[2]
Lady Arabella Onslow (b. 1970)
Lady Charlote Emma Dorothy Onslow (b. 1977)