Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech

Lord Harlech was born in 1954, the fifth child and second son of David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, and his wife Sylvia Lloyd Thomas. He was educated at Worth School. His elder brother Julian committed suicide in 1974, making Ormsby-Gore the heir to the Harlech barony. He eventually succeeded his father as the 6th Baron Harlech in 1985 and sat as a Conservative member of the House of Lords until the removal of the hereditary peers in 1999.

Harlech lived at Brogyntyn near Oswestry and later at The Mount, Racecourse Road, Oswestry. He also owned Glyn Cywarch in Talsarnau.

In 1986, Harlech married Amanda Jane Grieve, who studied English at Oxford. She was a daughter of solicitor Alan Grieve, a director of the Jerwood Foundation, and his first wife, Anne Dulake.[1] Before Lord and Lady Harlech were divorced on 31 August 1998,[2] they had a son and a daughter:

• Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech (born 1 July 1986), who studied at Central St Martins,[3] and who was elected to take Lord Elton's room in the House of Lords in 2021.
• Tallulah Sylvia Maria Ormsby-Gore (born 16 May 1988).[4]

He died of natural causes on 1 February 2016.[5] A North Wales Police spokesman said, "North Wales Police were called to an address at Talsarnau near Harlech at 11.40am on Monday, following reports of the sudden death of a man in his 60s."[6]

• 13 March 1954 – 14 February 1964: Master Francis David Ormsby-Gore
• 14 February 1964 – 26 January 1985: The Honourable Francis David Ormsby-Gore
• 26 January 1985 – 1 February 2016: The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech

Coat of arms of Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech

Notes Coat of arms of the Ormsby-Gore family Coronet A coronet of a Baron Crest 1st: an Heraldic Tiger rampant Argent; 2nd: a Dexter Arm embowed in armour proper holding in the hand a Man's Leg also in armour couped at the thigh Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules a Fess between three Cross Crosslets fitchy Or (Gore); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Bend between six Cross Crosslets Or (Ormsby) Supporters Dexter: an Heraldic Tiger Argent maned and tufted Sable ducally gorged Or; Sinister: a Lion Or Motto In Hoc Signo Vinces (Under this sign thou shalt conquer)

• Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech