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Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE
Order of the British Empire

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

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 (23 August 1876–9 June 1945) was a British peer
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, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.

The son of the 4th Earl of Onslow
William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

File:4thEarlOfOnslow.jpgWilliam Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative Party politician....
, Onslow was educated at Eton
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 and New College, Oxford
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 before joining the Diplomatic Service
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 in 1901. He became an Attaché
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 to Madrid
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 a year later, Third Secretary to Tangier
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 in 1903 and to St Petersburg in 1904 and Second Secretary to Berlin
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 in 1907.






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Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 PC
Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British monarchy. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or House of Lords....
 (23 August 1876–9 June 1945) was a British peer
Peerage

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, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.

The son of the 4th Earl of Onslow
William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

File:4thEarlOfOnslow.jpgWilliam Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative Party politician....
, Onslow was educated at Eton
Eton College

Eton College, also known as Eton, is a world-famous British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by Henry VI of England. It was founded as the King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor....
 and New College, Oxford
New College, Oxford

New College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxfords of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College, Oxford; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always called "New College"....
 before joining the Diplomatic Service
Diplomatic service

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 in 1901. He became an Attaché
Attaché

Attach? is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency....
 to Madrid
Madrid

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 a year later, Third Secretary to Tangier
Tangier

Tangier or Tangiers [#Notes] is a city of northern Morocco with a population of about 700,000 . It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel....
 in 1903 and to St Petersburg in 1904 and Second Secretary to Berlin
Berlin

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 in 1907. In 1909, he became assistant private secretary to Sir Edward Grey
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, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He then held a number of positions in the Foreign Office
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 as a clerk in 1910, private secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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 from 1911-13 and assistant clerk from 1913-14.

Onslow had succeeded to his father's title in 1911 and he joined the army on the outbreak of World War I
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 in 1914 and was mentioned in despatches three times. After the war, he was a Lord-in-Waiting
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 from 1919-20, a Civil Lord of the Admiralty
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 from 1920-21, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture in 1921, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health

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 from 1921-23, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
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 from 1923-24, Under-Secretary of State for War
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 and Vice-President of the Army Council
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 from 1924-28 and Chairman of the Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
House of Lords

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 from 1931-44.

On 22 February 1906, Onslow had married Hon. Violet Marcia Catherine Warwick Bampfylde, the only daughter of the 3rd Baron Paltimore and they later had two children.