The Right Honourable The Lord Addington
Addington in 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office 26 June 1986 – 11 November 1999 as ahereditary peer
Preceded by	The 5th Baron Addington
Succeeded by	Seat abolished [a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 November 1999 as anelected hereditary peer
Preceded by	Seat established [a]
Personal details
Born	(1963-08-24)24 August 1963 (age 62)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse	Elizabeth Ann (née Morris)
Children	Eleanor Eugenie
Parents	James Hubbard, 5th Baron Addington (father) Alexandra Patricia Millar (mother)
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen
Occupation	Politician

Dominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington (born 24 August 1963), is a BritishLiberal Democrat politician, the president of the British Dyslexic Association,^[1] and the vice-president of the UK Sports Association.^[2]

Addington was educated atThe Hewett School, Norwich, and Norwich City College, before going up to theAberdeen University,^[3] graduating asM.A. in 1988.

He succeeded to the title ofBaron Addington, ofAddington,Co. Buckingham, at the death of his father,James Hubbard, 5th Baron Addington, a formerBritish South Africa Police officer, in 1982. On taking up his seat at 22 he was the youngest serving peer in theHouse of Lords.^[4]

Lord Addington was returned as one of the ninety elected representativehereditary peers inParliament in 1999. He sits on theLiberal Democrat benches in the House of Lords and is party spokesperson for sport, a member of the education team specialising in special educational needs, and is himself dyslexic. He is currently the longest-serving Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. He captains the Commons and Lords rugby and football team, and has played in Parliamentary World Cup competitions from 1995 to 2023. While attending University, Lord Addington played for Scottish universities and played rugby league for Scottish students.^[5]

In 1999, Addington married Elizabeth Ann Morris, only daughter of Michael Morris, of Duxbury Park,Chorley,Lancashire. Lord and Lady Addington live inLambourn, West Berkshire.^[6]

Theheir presumptive to the title is his younger brother, the Hon. Michael Hubbard (who by his wife Emmanuellanée Ononye has a son, Oliver).

Coat of arms of Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington

Crest In front of a fasces fessewise Proper an eagle's head as in the arms. Escutcheon Vert a chevron engrailed plain cotised Argent between three eagles' heads erased of the second each gorged with a collar fleurettée Gules Supporters On either side an eagle Argent wings addorsed gorged with a collar fleurettée Gules and pendent therefrom an escutcheon Ermine charged with a rose Gules Motto Alta Petens (Latin for:Seeking Higher Things)[7]

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