Mark Shuldham Schreiber, Baron Marlesford (born 11 September 1931)[1] is a British Conservative politician.
The Lord Marlesford | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 7 June 1991 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Shuldham Schreiber 11 September 1931 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Gabriella Veglio di Castelletto d'Uzzone |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Early life
editMark Shuldham Schreiber is son of Wing Cdr John Shuldham Schreiber and Constance Maureen Dent,[2] His parents married on 26 June 1930 at St. Margaret's, Westminster.[3] His father was son of Capt. Charles Shuldham Schreiber J.P. and his wife Margaret Henderson (m. 10 Nov 1900),[4] daughter of Alexander Henderson, of Buscot Park, member of the London Stock Exchange, and his wife Jane Ellen Davis.[5] Mark is a great grandson of Charles Alfred Schreiber Esq, who was a Captain in the 34th Regiment when on 11 October 1866, he married Rosa Alexandrine Thompson,[6] daughter of John Robert Thompson Esq. (bap. 1 July 1788),[7] son of James Thompson and Ann Maria Smith (m. 7 September 1783 Saint Augustine The Less, Bristol, Gloucester, England).[8]
Mark's maternal grandparents Charles Basil Demetrius Hastings Dent (aka Charles Hastings Dent; b. 21 July 1874), Liverpool District Superintendent for the London and North-Western Railway, and Caroline Gertrude Stuart Parker (b. 17 July 1882) married on 1 January 1903 in West Kirby.[9] Caroline was a daughter of Emily Ethel Knathchbull Birch and Samuel Sandbach Parker, thus granddaughter of Charles Stuart Parker, a mercantile partner of Samuel Sandbach. Charles Hastings Dent was the son of Adm. Charles Bayley Calmady Dent (aka Calmady Dent)[10] and Corinna Kourkoumelles of Afra,[11] who married in London at Kensington Parish Church, on 6 August 1863.[11] According to his own statements, his great-grandmother Corinna was Greek and a niece of Ioannis Kapodistrias.[12]
Mark was educated at Sandroyd School, before heading to Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[citation needed]
Political career
editSchreiber did his national service in the Coldstream Guards being commissioned a lieutenant. He started his commercial life in the chemical industry (Fisons Ltd: 1957–1963). He worked for the Conservative Party Research Department in the 1960s and advised Edward Heath as Leader of the Opposition.[13] From 1968 to 1970 he was a Councillor on the East Suffolk County Council. From 1970 to 1974 he was a Special Adviser to the Government, mainly working for Lord Rothschild the head of the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS). From 1974 to 1991 he was a journalist on The Economist, as parliamentary lobby correspondent.
Schreiber was created a life peer on 7 June 1991 as Baron Marlesford, of Marlesford in the County of Suffolk,[14] where he is a farmer.
Rural politics
editSince 1991 he has been a Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk. From 1980 to 1992, he had been a member of the Countryside Commission 1980–92, and then on the Rural Development Commission 1985–93.[citation needed]
A former national chairman of CPRE (1993–98), he is president of the Suffolk Preservation Society (1998- ) and chairman of the Marlesford Parish Council.[citation needed]
House of Lords
editFinancial Affairs Sub-Committee 2000-05 and 2010-, Home Affairs Sub-Committee 2005–09;[citation needed]
Director of the Eastern Group plc 1989–95, Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd (ind nat dir) 1991-, Baring New Russia Fund 1997–2007. An adviser to the Mitsubishi Corporation International NV 1990–2003, and to John Swire & Sons 1992–2009.[15]
Some political highlights
editIn October 2011 he questioned the planned expenditure of £500,000 on bat bridges for the future dual carriageway for the A11 from Thetford to Barton Mills.[citation needed]
On 12 and 13 February 2015, Lord Marlesford took part in the Vacant Residential Property debate in the Lords.[citation needed]
Lord Marlesford is a social conservative. In favour of hunting with dogs, he has proposed to overturn the ban. This conservatism extends to political integration in Europe, and a referendum on membership. And he is all in favour of students paying their own way. When the Prime Minister proposed a reduction in the number of MPs he was enthusiastic, but has erred on the side of moderate improvement to controls over people. No changes to the asylum system, and against ID cards, he is moderately against allowing more interference in personal lives.[citation needed]
Family life
editHe married Gabriella Veglio di Castelletto d'Uzzone, daughter of Conte Veglio di Castelletto d'Uzzone in 1969 in Suffolk.[16][17] He is the father of two daughters, Nicola Charlotte and Sophie Louisa. He has four grandchildren.
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References
edit- ^ Mark Shuldham Schreiber. Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI). Accessed via ancestry.com subscription site, 15 April 2024.
- ^ Mark S Schreiber. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007. Ancestry.com subscription site, accessed 15 April 2024.
- ^ Constance Maureen Dent. St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1934. Accessed 15 April 2024 via ancestry.com subscription site.
- ^ Margaret Henderson. Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935. Ancestry.com subscription site, accessed 15 April 2024.
- ^ Jane Ellen Davis. Burke’s Family Records (Indexed). Accessed via ancestry.com subscription site, 15 April 2024.
- ^ Charles A. Schreiber Esq. UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current. Ancestry.com subscription site, accessed 15 April 2024.
- ^ John Robert Thompson. Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Accessed via ancestry.com subscription site, 15 April 2024.
- ^ Ann Maria Smith. England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973. Accessed via ancestry.com subscription site, 15 April 2024.
- ^ Charles Hastings Dent. UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current. Accessed 15 April 2024 via ancestry.com subscription site.
- ^ Admiral Charles Bayley Calmady Dent. Find-a-Grave.com. Accessed 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b A Corfiot Romance: The Marriage Between Admiral Charles Bayley Calmady Dent and Corinna Kourkoumelles of Afra – and the Adventures of H.M.S. Edgar. May 26th, 2014 by Mr Rupert Willoughby. Accessed 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Lords Hansard text for 21 May 201221 May 2012 (Pt 0002)".
- ^ Edward Heath by Philip Ziegler ISBN 9780007247400
- ^ "No. 52558". The London Gazette. 12 June 1991. p. 9025.
- ^ "The Lord Marlesford, DL Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today". Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Voting record - Lord Marlesford".
- ^ Mark S Schreiber. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005. Ancestry.com subscription site, accessed 15 April 2024.
Sources
edit- "Lords: alphabetical list of Members". Archived from the original on 23 April 2010.
- Mr Mark Schreiber
- "Lord Marlesford". Archived from the original on 10 May 2008.
- "Marlesford". www.ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- "Peer blasts £500,000 bat bridges proposal". Archived from the original on 29 October 2011.