Labouchere was a descendant of an old
Huguenot merchant family exiled in the 17th century to England, which included prominent politicians such as
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton and
Henry Du Pré Labouchere. His father was Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Anthony Labouchere, a banker and reserve officer, and his mother was Evelyn Stirling, only child of
Sir Walter Stirling, 3rd Baronet of Faskine. granddaughter of the 8th
Viscount Boyne.
Dudmaston Hall, now run by the
National Trust, was Rachel Hamilton-Russell's ancestral home, inherited from her maternal uncle Geoffrey Wolryche-Whitmore, and the couple settled there to restore it in their retirement. He was president of the Shropshire branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. ==Honours==