Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Right Honourable The Lord Ravensdale CEng MIMechE
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office 3 April 2019 as an elected hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 2nd Viscount Slim
Personal details
Born	Daniel Nicholas Mosley (1982-10-10) 10 October 1982 (age 42) Nottingham, England
Political party	Crossbench
Spouse	Rachael Carter ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	3
Parents	Hon. Shaun Mosley Teresa Clifford
Education	University of Sheffield
Profession	Engineer
Other titles	8th Baronet (of Ancoats)

Daniel Nicholas Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale, 8th Baronet, CEng, MIMechE (born 10 October 1982), is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He is an engineer, currently working as a project director for AtkinsRéalis. His paternal great-grandfather was Oswald Mosley, leader and founder of the British Union of Fascists.

On 28 February 2017, he succeeded his grandfather, the novelist Nicholas Mosley (who did not use the titles), in the Mosley baronetcy and as Baron Ravensdale, a peerage created for his great-great-grandfather George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.

Education and career

Daniel Nicholas Mosley was born on 10 October 1982 in Nottingham to the Hon. Shaun Nicholas Mosley and Teresa Frances Mosley (née Clifford). He attended the University of Sheffield and graduated with a first-class honours degree in aerospace engineering.

He joined Atkins as a systems engineer in 2006 before becoming a project manager in 2011 and a project director in 2015.

House of Lords

On 27 March 2019, Ravensdale won a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, succeeding Viscount Slim in the House of Lords. In his election statement, he had pledged to "champion the Midlands and commit to regular attendance alongside [his] consultancy work, benefiting the House by maintaining [his] expert knowledge of engineering and industry".

Personal life

Mosley married Rachael Carter in 2010. They have three sons.

He supported the Remain campaign in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, but later opposed a second referendum on the withdrawal agreement.

Arms

Coat of arms of Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale

Coronet The Coronet of a Baron Crest An eagle displayed ermine Escutcheon Quarterly 1st and 4th, sable a chevron between three Pickaxes argent (Mosley); 2nd and 3rd, argent on a bend sable three Popinjays or collared gules (Curzon) Supporters Dexter: a Raven proper; Sinister: a Popinjay proper collared gules Motto Mos legem regit ("Custom rules the law")