Geoffrey Denis Erskine Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, was a British hereditary peer and businessman, whose paternity and succession to the peerage were disputed in the "Ampthill baby case".
Lord Ampthill in 2008
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A crossbencher is a minor party or independent member of some legislatures, such as the Parliament of Australia. In the British House of Lords the term refers to members of the parliamentary group of
Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill
…eldest son of the 3rd Baron's third marriage. The Committee for Privileges ruled in favour of Geoffrey in 1976. In the House of Lords, Ampthill sat as a crossbencher. He was a deputy speaker from 1983 and Chairman of Committees from 1992 to 1994. He was appointed a CBE in 1986—following in the footsteps of his father…
The Australian Senate. Crossbenchers sit in the curved seats between the two sides.