Esther Sherwood-Somerset, 2nd Baroness Huntingdon
The Right Honourable The Baroness Huntingdon DBE CB CM MP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chair of the Royal Gaelic Horseracing Association | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 July 2025 (160 days) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Clark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 9 December 2025 (6 days) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Herself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 16 (61.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 August 2025 – 28 September 2025 (32 days) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office created | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Herself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Esther Warren 7 March 2025 (283 days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Progressive Commonwealth Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Philip Somerset (m. 5 October 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Balfour Castle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esther Irene Sherwood-Somerset, 2nd Baroness Huntingdon DBE CB CM MP is a British socialite, parliamentarian and politician who currently serves as Leader of the Progressive Commonwealth Party and Member of Parliament for Clark. She also serves as the Chair of the Royal Gaelic Horseracing Association. She previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport, Leader of the House of Commons, and as the shortest-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of her resignation from the department. She has also served as a Member of Parliament for both Glasgow Central and (more recently), the constituency of Clark.
A member of the Sherwood family, she married Philip Somerset on 5 October 2025, at Balfour Castle on the Shetland Islands.