Richard Newby, Baron Newby

The Right Honourable The Lord Newby OBE PC
Official portrait, 2023
Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 September 2016
Deputy	The Lord Dholakia The Baroness Walmsley
Leader	Tim Farron Sir Vince Cable Jo Swinson Davey and Brinton (Acting) Davey and Pack (Acting) Ed Davey
Preceded by	The Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
In office 3 May 2012 – 13 September 2016
Leader	Nick Clegg Tim Farron
Preceded by	The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Succeeded by	The Lord Stoneham of Droxford
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 3 May 2012 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Succeeded by	The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 October 1997 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	(1953-02-14) 14 February 1953 (age 72)
Political party	Liberal Democrats (since 1988)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic (1981–1988)
Alma mater	St Catherine's College, Oxford

Richard Mark Newby, Baron Newby OBE PC (born 14 February 1953) is a British politician who has been the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords^[1] since September 2016.^[2] He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords, as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 2012 and 2015, as and Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2012 to 2016.