Lord Parmoor, the 5th Baron, died 18 November, 2025, aged 83.
(Michael Leonard) Seddon Cripps was born 18 June, 1942, son of Major Matthew Anthony Leonard Cripps (1913-1997), and his wife the former Dorothea Margaret Scott (who died 1992); and he succeeded as 5th Baron Parmoor 12 August, 2008, on the death of his cousin Milo, the 4th Baron.
Seddon Cripps was a barrister, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1975, and served as a Circuit Judge and part-time chairman of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, 1998-2000.
He married 12 June, 1971, Elizabeth Anne Millward-Shennan, daughter of Major William Millward-Shennan, by whom he had issue, two sons, Alexander (born 20 Feb, 1973, deceased), and Henry (born 2 Sept, 1976), and a daughter, Stephanie (born 4 Oct, 1974).
He was a great-nephew of Sir Stafford Cripps, MP (1888-1952), the Labour Party politician, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, who resigned from the government following a Budget leak.
The barony (created in 1914) now passes to his second son, Henry, having been predeceased by the elder son. The new peer is married to actress Katherine Wogan (born 1974), daughter of the late Sir Terry Wogan (1938-2016).
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