Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale

Daniel Nicholas Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale, 8th Baronet, CEng, MIMechE[1] (born 10 October 1982), is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He is an engineer, currently working as a project director for Atkins.[2] His paternal great-grandfather was Oswald Mosley, leader and founder of the British Union of Fascists.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Ravensdale
CEng MIMechE
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
3 April 2019
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Slim
Personal details
Born
Daniel Nicholas Mosley

(1982-10-10) 10 October 1982
Nottingham, England
Political partyCrossbench
Spouse
Rachael Carter
​
(m. 2010)​
Children3
EducationUniversity of Sheffield
ProfessionEngineer

On 28 February 2017, he succeeded his grandfather, the novelist Nicholas Mosley (who did not use the titles) in the Mosley baronetcy and as Baron Ravensdale, a peerage created for his great-great-grandfather George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.[3]

Education and career

Daniel Nicholas Mosley was born on 10 October 1982 in Nottingham to Shaun Nicholas Mosley and Teresa Frances Mosley. He attended the University of Sheffield and graduated with a first-class honours degree in aerospace engineering.[1]

He joined Atkins as a systems engineer in 2006 before becoming a project manager in 2011 and a project director in 2015.[1]

House of Lords

Ravensdale became a member of the House of Lords in March 2019, after winning a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election.[4]

Personal life

Mosley married Rachael Carter in 2010. They have three sons.[1]

He supported the Remain campaign in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, but later opposed a second referendum on the withdrawal agreement.[5]

References
  1. "Ravensdale". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2022. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U289067. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "Lord Ravensdale". House of Lords. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, March 2019: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 27 March 2019.
  5. Lord Ravensdale (5 September 2019). "European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill". Hansard.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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