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Lord Snowdon, with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, at his father's memorial service final yr
The Queen's nephew who's 19th in line to the throne, is standing for election to the House of Lords.
Lord Snowdon, the son of the late Princess Margaret and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, is one among 19 candidates for the poll on three July.
A furnishings designer and former UK chairman of Christie's auctioneers, David Armstrong-Jones inherited his father's title on his loss of life final yr.
Next month's poll was triggered by the retirement of Lord Baldwin.
There are 92 hereditary friends within the Lords, who stayed within the higher chamber after the rest have been expelled in 1999 in modifications carried out by the federal government of Tony Blair.
Under present conventions, when one among their quantity dies or retires, a by-election is held to elect a successor.
The contest is open to all these with hereditary titles on the register saved by the clerk of the parliaments.
Of the 19 candidates this time round, the 56-year old Lord Snowdonhigher identified underneath his earlier title of Lord Linleyis the one one not to challenge a brief assertion outlining his causes for standing and his related expertise.
When he was born, in 1961, he was fifth in line to the throne and now sits 19th.
He has printed a variety of books on design and arrange a furnishings, upholstery and equipment enterprise in 1985. It was reported in 2012 that he had misplaced govt management of the enterprise.
His father sat within the House of Lords for greater than 50 years after he was made a peer in 1961, a yr after he married the Queen's youthful sister.
He was one among 10 hereditary friends to settle for a life peerage in 1999, permitting them to proceed to attend the Lords.
If he have been to achieve success, his son would sit as a crossbencherwith no affiliation to any political party.
He will not be the one candidate with a royal connection. One of his rivals, Lord Bridges, has been the Queen's private solicitor since 2002. He will shortly retire as a companion with the legislation agency Farrer and Co.
The results of the poll will likely be introduced on four July. Only the 31 present hereditary crossbenchers will likely be permitted to vote within the contest.
Labour peer Lord Grocott has led a marketing campaign to ban elections for hereditary friends, which he has referred to as "beyond ridiculous". But a invoice tabled in 2016 failed to make any headway.
A separate election will likely be held on 17 July to elect a successor to Conservative hereditary peer Lord Glentoran. The checklist of candidates will likely be printed later this month.