Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (28 January 1947 – 12 July 2020) was a British hereditary peer.[1]
Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 27 July 1984 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1947 |
| Died | 12 July 2020 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Portsmouth University |
Life
editHe was educated at Portsmouth University (BSc Mechanical Eng, 1971) and Thames Valley University.[2] He succeeded to the title Baron Monkswell in 1984, and was a Member of the House of Lords from 1985 to 1999. He was a Labour Party Member of Manchester City Council from 1989 to 1994.
Lord Monkswell was an unsuccessful candidate in by-elections to the House of Lords in 2003, 2005, and 2011.
He died on 12 July 2020 at the age of 73.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Lord knows that I don't need the title". Manchester Evening News. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ ‘MONKSWELL’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ The obituary notice of Gerard Collier
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