  thumb|merlin hanbury-tracy, 7th baron sudeley, 1987 merlin charles sainthill hanbury-tracy, 7th baron sudeley, fsa (born 17 june 1939) is a british peer, author and veteran right-wing activist. in 1941, at the age of three, he succeeded his first cousin once removed, richard hanbury-tracy, 6th barony sudeley, to the barony of sudeley and until the house of lords act 1999 sat in that body as a hereditary peer. a member of the conservative party all his adult life, he was sometime president and also chairman of the conservative monday club for seventeen years. he is vice-chancellor of the international monarchist league, and president of the traditional britain group. ==family== sudeley's father, captain michael hanbury-tracy, a scots guards officer, died from wounds received at dunkirk. his paternal grandfather, lieutenant felix hanbury-tracy, also an officer in the scots guards, was killed attacking german positions near fromelles on 19 december 1914. his maternal grandfather, lieutenant-colonel collis george herbert st. hill,great war forum  post re lieutenant-colonel collis george herbert st. hill the royal north devon hussars, then commanding the 2/5 sherwood foresters, was killed by a sniper at villers-plouich, france, on 8 july 1917. sudeley served his national service obligations in the ranks of the scots guards, and lives in london. he has been married and divorced twice, and now lives with his 3rd wife; he has no children.  ==education== sudeley was educated at eton, and later graduated in history from worcester college, oxford. sudeley has also lectured at the university of bristol.debrett's entry] ==political activities== sudeley served as an active member of the house of lords for 39 years (from the age of 21, the m
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