John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley

John Desmond Forbes Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (born 31 October 1949), is a British hereditary peer.

The Right Honourable The Viscount Waverley
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office 21 February 1990 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 2nd Viscount Waverley
Succeeded by	Seat abolished [a]
In office 11 November 1999 – 23 June 2025 [b]  as an elected hereditary peer
Preceded by	Seat established [a]
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-31) 31 October 1949 (age 75)
Political party	Crossbencher
Education	Malvern College

The son of the 2nd Viscount Waverley and his wife Lorna Ledgerwood,^[1] he was educated at Malvern College.^[2]

Lord Waverley was first married to Anne Suzette Davidson in 1969. He then married Ursula Helen Barrow in 1994.^[3]

He succeeded to his father's titles in 1990. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers in the House of Lords elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,^[4] sitting as a crossbencher until his retirement on 23 June 2025.^[5]

He takes a particular interest in the central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and works as a consultant to the Middle East Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC).^[6] He has been honoured with a Yoruba Chieftaincy in Nigeria and received State decorations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Colombia.^[7]

Lord Waverley has set up the website Parliament Revealed, to explain the workings of the UK Parliament.^[8]

Lord Waverley retired from the House of Lords on 23 June 2025.

Arms

Coat of arms of John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley

Crest A demi-lion rampant Or armed and langued Azure holding in his dexter forepaw a branch of olive Proper. Escutcheon Argent a saltire engrailed between a mullet in chief and a lotus flower in base and in each flank a crescent Gules on a chief Sable three martlets of the field. Supporters Two horses Argent crined and unguled Or.[9] Motto Beati Pacifi (Blessed Are The Peacemakers)

Notes

1. Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.
2. Retired under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.