Grosvenor. He held his seat in the 1966 election but lost it to Frank McManus in 1970 by 1,423 votes. In 1970 he served as High Sheriff of Tyrone. In 1974 he joined the Ulster Defence Regiment, but left the regiment and remained in the British Army in the Volunteer List in 1980. From 1986 to 2009 he was the Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone. In 1999, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter. He was Colonel of the Irish Guards from 2000 to 2008. Additionally, he was appointed Lord Steward of the Household in 2001, serving until 2009. He owns more than . His seat is Baronscourt, near Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The Dukedom of Abercorn is in the Peerage of Ireland and did not carry an entitlement to a seat in the House of Lords, but until 1999 the Duke was entitled to sit there under his subsidiary title Marquess of Abercorn, in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Garter on 17 October 2012. In 1987, he served as a judge in Prince Edward's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament. Arms References "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" http://www.recyclegen.com/archives/montg_coll/def/evans.htm http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/_assets/mary%20jane%20nation.pdf http://www.nationstudy.com/getperson.php?personID=I8941&tree=NationStudy External links 1934 births Alumni of the Royal Agricultural University Grenadier Guards officers 105 Knights of the Garter Living people High Sheriffs of Tyrone Lord-Lieutenants of Tyrone Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (since 1950) People educated at Eton College People from County Tyrone Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, Marquess of UK MPs who inherited peerages Chancellors of the Order of the Garter Abercorn