Francis Melfort William Fitzherbert 15th Baron Stafford DL (born 13 March 1954) is an English baron who is the representative and heir of line of several older baronies of Stafford dating back to 1299.Lord Stafford belongs to the English Roman Catholic landed gentry family of Fitzherbert whose most famous member was Maria Fitzherbert the first (unrecognized) wife of King George IV.He is notable for being the first British peer to be appointed High Sheriff since the Middle Ages.