 He was made a life peer as Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent in 1999, sitting as a crossbencher.Born in Kent, Imbert was educated at the Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone, spent his National Service in the Royal Air Force Police and worked for a short time with Kent County Council, before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1953 at Bow Street Police Station.In 1956, he married Iris Dove, with whom he had three children.