Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell

Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell (16 April 1884 – 2 May 1963), was a British hereditary peer, Liberal politician, poet, author and newspaper editor.

Early life and education Gorell was the second son of Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell, President of the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice.

Gorell was educated at Winchester College, Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for the University cricket team. After leaving Oxford, Gorell played with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) for 13 seasons, averaging 431 runs and 43 wickets in his 19-match career. In 1909, he was admitted to the Inner Temple, to practice as a barrister. Gorell worked as a journalist for The Times from 1911 to 1915.

In October 1930 he was nominated by the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald to succeed Lord Irwin as Viceroy of India, but King George V and the Conservatives opposed this move, and Lord Willingdon was appointed instead.

He then devoted his life to literature, editing the Cornhill Magazine, while still serving on many public and private committees.