Lord Thurso in The Times

[Loch not Lock]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/bus...cle6796958.ece

Copy and paste on the above link to read article about Lord Thurso in last Saturday's Times.

[Kodiak]

What a Load of rubbish this article is. For a start he has Not been a Lord for... I forget how long but more than a few years but I think it is 8 years since he have up his Title so that he could become an MP. If the Times can not get this simple bit correct just how much of the article is incorrect as well.

[greenasiamcabbagelooking]

sounds to me like John (known as John to almost everyone) is one of the idiot drivers tailgating the good folk of Caithness !!

[rob1]

What a Load of rubbish this article is. For a start he has Not been a Lord for... I forget how long but more than a few years but I think it is 8 years since he have up his Title so that he could become an MP. If the Times can not get this simple bit correct just how much of the article is incorrect as well.

He was able to sit in the House of Lord from when he inherited the Viscountancy from his farther untill Labour abolished hereditary peers in 1999. Since then anyone with an hereditary peerage can stand for election to the House of Commons under the House of Lords act 1999. He is not alone. The ex-tory chairman Michael Ancram is the Marquess of Lothian and Douglas Hogg is the Viscount Hailsham. It is however up to the individual if they wish to use their title.
Perhaps Kodiak, you should look to do a bit of research before you label an artical as rubbish. You are right though....He is not a Lord. He is a Viscount.

[badger]

He was able to sit in the House of Lord from when he inherited the Viscountancy from his farther untill Labour abolished hereditary peers in 1999. Since then anyone with an hereditary peerage can stand for election to the House of Commons under the House of Lords act 1999. He is not alone. The ex-tory chairman Michael Ancram is the Marquess of Lothian and Douglas Hogg is the Viscount Hailsham. It is however up to the individual if they wish to use their title.
Perhaps Kodiak, you should look to do a bit of research before you label an artical as rubbish. You are right though....He is not a Lord. He is a Viscount.

so is called, correctly, Lord Thurso (and his wife is Lady Thurso).

[Dog-eared]

His real name is Sinclair.
His father called himself "LordThurso", as he was a Lord. John is not.
John changed his name from John Sinclair to "John Thurso" to preserve the "Lord Thurso" implication of the name.
Make what you will of that ...........

Wiki here -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair,_3rd_Viscount_Thurso

[scorrie]

[QUOTE=Dog-eared;581735]His real name is Sinclair.
His father called himself "LordThurso", as he was a Lord. John is not.
John changed his name from John Sinclair to "John Thurso" to preserve the "Lord Thurso" implication of the name.
Make what you will of that ...........

His Father was also a Viscount, it makes no sense that a Son would have inherited a different title to that which his Father held. It's all here on Wiki:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Thurso

[crayola]

sounds to me like John (known as John to almost everyone) is one of the idiot drivers tailgating the good folk of Caithness !!

That's exactly what I thought when I read it!

The rest of the article reflects well on him.

[Dog-eared]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Si...iscount_Thurso

[Dog-eared]

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle6796958.ece

[Dog-eared]

Still not a Lord though.

[sweetpea]

He's in the times nearly every week. Jetting between here and Westminster still doesn't make him a lord as far as I know.

[Dog-eared]

And why change Sinclair to Thurso ?

[sweetpea]

What's in a name?

[joxville]

What's in a name?

Exactly. I couldn't care if he changed his name to Florence von Carpet-Shampoo, as long as he serves the people well that he was elected to represent.

[Anne x]

Exactly. I couldn't care if he changed his name to Florence von Carpet-Shampoo, as long as he serves the people well that he was elected to represent.

As he does

[Dog-eared]

As far as the name goes - and the implication the of title .. does it help him..

[Rheghead]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord

The term is just a generic word for a member of the aristocracy. John Thurso is still a viscount, lord, a member of the upper classes. As one of the largest landowners and the MP for the county, he is in a very unique position in which he can positively steer events that could be in his favor.

[crayola]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord

The term is just a generic word for a member of the hoy polloy. John Thurso is still a viscount, lord, a member of the hoy polloy. As one of the largest landowners and the MP for the county, he is in a very unique position in which he can positively steer events that could be in his favor.

Hmm, am I totally missing the point of your post or do you really not know the meaning and conventional spelling of hoi polloi?

I hope I'm missing the point and you will enlighten me.

[badger]

Presumably Rheghead doesn't know what hoi polloi means - or maybe he's being complimentary and believes Lord Thurso to be one of the "masses". Given the hours he works, he could be considered a member of the Working Class (whatever that is).

Not sure what everyone means by "a Lord", which can be all sorts of things these days, including someone the Labour Govt. wants in Parliament and can't get in any other way e.g. Mandelson.

Lord Thurso did it the other way round - he is a Viscount and got to Parliament by being elected. Personally I prefer that route to Mandelson's.

As for steering events, he does that as an MP for the benefit of his constituents as anyone who has had dealings with him will tell you.