Edward Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool
Edward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool, is a British Conservative politician and businessman. He has been married three times and has two children from his first marriage. He serves as a member of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Early life
Liverpool is the posthumous son of Captain Peter George William Savile Foljambe, who was killed in World War II in September 1944, and the former Elizabeth Joan Flint. His paternal grandfather was the Hon. Bertram Foljambe, sixth son of Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool, the former Lord Steward of the Household to Edward VII.Foljambe was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University of Perugia.
Career
In 1969, at the age of 24, he succeeded his great-uncle as Earl of Liverpool and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was one of the 90+ elected hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits on the Conservative benches.He is a former managing director of Melbourns Brewery and director of hotel management company Hart Hambleton.