# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-palmer-12th-baron-lucas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:09:00.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-palmer-12th-baron-lucas"
name: "Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas"
slug: "ralph-palmer-12th-baron-lucas"
description: "Ralph Matthew Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas, 8th Lord Dingwall, addressed formally as Lord Lucas and Dingwall, is a former member of the House of Lords as one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, representing the Conservative Party. He inherited his titles on the death of his mother in 1991, served as a Tory whip in the Lords 1994–97 for the last three years of the John Major government, and continues to serve as a backbencher. Known generally and professionally as Ralph Lucas, in 2000 he became owner and publisher of The Good Schools Guide."
tagline: "British peer (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lucas_crop_2%2C_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.816308
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://lordlucas.blogspot.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "رالف بالمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Palmer%2C_12._Baron_Lucas"
    title: "Ralph Palmer, 12. Baron Lucas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Palmer%2C_12th_Baron_Lucas"
    title: "Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Palmer_(12e_baron_Lucas)"
    title: "Ralph Palmer (12e baron Lucas)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%2C_12-%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%B8_8-%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Палмер, Ральф, 12-й барон Лукас и 8-й лорд Дингуолл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2129725"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump