Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg

Valerian Bernard Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg is a British hereditary peer, who sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.

Biography

Freyberg was born on 15 December 1970 to Paul Freyberg, 2nd Baron Freyberg and Ivry Perronelle Katharine. He studied at Camberwell College of Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994. He later studied fine art at the Slade School of Fine Art, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 2006.
He succeeded his father as Baron Freyberg in 1993. On 12 July 1994, he took his seat in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer, sitting as a non-political crossbencher. He made his maiden speech on 24 January 1995. He is one of the 90 hereditary peers elected to sit in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. He was a member of the Lords' Works of Art Committee from 23 November 1999 to 7 November 2002.