Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has given his fifth child an amazing name

Fifth child: Jacob Rees-Mogg
Rebecca Reid
Hannah Al-Othman26 February 2016
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Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and his wife have welcomed their fifth child in to the world - and they have given him an absolutely spectacular name.

However, they have also given him quite a lot to live up to, naming him after a king, a saint, a pope and a war hero.

The little boy, who was born on Monday, has been named Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius Mogg.

The North Somerset MP told the Bristol Post: "Alfred is after Alfred the Great, Wulfric comes from Wulfric of Haselbury who was born in 1080 in Compton Martin, which is our neighbouring village.

"Leyson is a family name and honours Louis Leyson Rees-Mogg who died at Gallipoli just over one hundred years ago and Pius is after Pius IX who was the longest serving Pope after Saint Peter."

The child is Mr Rees-Mogg's fourth son with his wife Helena de Chair, joining brothers Tom Wentworth Somerset Dunstan, Peter Theodore Alphege, and Anselm Charles Fitzwilliam.

Their only daughter, however, is simply called Mary.

Both mother and baby Alfred are back at home and doing well.

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