Jonathan Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames

The Right Honourable The Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames QC
Jonathan Marks addressing the Liberal Democrat conference in 2011

Member of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2011
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Personal details
Born	Jonathan Clive Marks (1952-10-19) 19 October 1952
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats (1988–present) Social Democratic Party (1981–1988)
Education	Harrow School
Alma mater	University College, Oxford

Jonathan Clive Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames, QC (born 19 October 1952)^[1] is a British barrister and Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords.

Biography

He was educated at Harrow School and University College, Oxford.

Born on 19 October 1952, Marks was called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1975, practicing on the Western Circuit. During the 1980s and early 1990s he was a visiting lecturer in advocacy at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, the University of Mauritius and Sri Lanka Law College. He was appointed QC in 1995. He has been a Freeman of the City of London since 1975 and is a member of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers.

Marks joined the Social Democratic Party on its foundation in 1981. He contested Weston-super-Mare at the 1983 general election and Falmouth and Camborne at the 1987 general election as well as Cornwall and Plymouth at the 1984 European election.

Following the creation of the Liberal Democrats Marks served as a member of the party's Committee for England in 1988-9. He has been a member of the Federal Policy Committee from 2004 to 2010 and was chairman of the Lib Dem Lawyers Association from 2001-7.

On 19 November 2010, it was announced that Marks would be created a life peer.^[2] He was created Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames, of Henley-on-Thames in the County of Oxfordshire, on 11 January 2011.^[3] He reportedly lives in Binfield Heath near Henley. ^[4]

References

↑ http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/m/10945/Jonathan+Clive.aspx
↑ "Latest Peerages announced - 10 Downing Street )". Retrieved 13 February 2011.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 59671. p. 523. 14 January 2011.
↑ "'Henley boy' made LibDem peer". Henley Standard.

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Current Liberal Democrat peers

Hereditary peers	Addington Glasgow Oxford & Asquith Thurso

Life peers	Alderdice Allan of Hallam Alliance Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Barker Beith Benjamin Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Bowles of Berkhamsted Bradshaw Brinton Bruce of Bennachie Burnett Burt of Solihull Campbell of Pittenweem Carlile of Berriew Chidgey Clement-Jones Cotter Dholakia Doocey Falkner of Margravine Fearn Featherstone Foster of Bath Fox Garden of Frognal German Goddard of Stockport Greaves Grender Hamwee Harris of Richmond Humphreys Hussain Hussein-Ece Janke Jolly Jones of Cheltenham Kirkwood of Kirkhope Kramer Lee of Trafford Lester of Herne Hill Loomba Macdonald of River Glaven Maclennan of Rogart Maddock Mar & Kellie Marks of Henley-on-Thames McNally Miller of Chilthorne Domer Newby Northover Oates Paddick Palmer of Childs Hill Palumbo of Shouthwark Parminter Pinnock Purvis Randerson Razzall Redesdale Rennard Roberts of Llandudno Rodgers of Quarry Bank Scott of Needham Market Scriven Sharkey Sheehan Shipley Shutt of Greetland Smith of Clifton Smith of Newnham Steel of Aikwood Stephen Stoneham of Droxford Storey Strasburger Stunell Suttie Taverne Taylor of Goss Moor Teverson Thomas of Gresford Thomas of Winchester Thornhill Tope Tyler Tyler of Enfield Vallance of Tummel Verjee Wallace of Saltaire Wallace of Tankerness Walmsley Watson of Richmond Willis of Knaresborough Wrigglesworth

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