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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

'Feudalistic farce' as ex-PMs' great-grandchildren fight for hereditary seat in Lords

Descendents of 19th and 20th century Prime Ministers are among those battling it out in the latest bizarre by-election of a hereditary peer.

Three candidates - whose titles have been passed down through family ties - have put themselves forward for a vote among peers next week.

They include Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfo, the great-grandson of ex-Liberal PM David Lloyd George, and Earl Russell - a descendent of the last Whig PM, Lord John Russell.

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