Baron Marks of Broughton
Baron Marks of Broughton , of Sunningdale in the Royal County of Berks , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on July 10, 1961 for the businessman Sir Simon Marks . He was the managing director of the Marks & Spencer retail company , which his father Michael Marks founded with Thomas Spencer in 1884.
Today's title holder has been his grandson Simon Marks as 3rd Baron since 1998.
List of Barons Marks of Broughton (1961)
- Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton (1888–1964)
- Michael Marks, 2nd Baron Marks of Broughton (1920–1998)
- Simon Marks, 3rd Baron Marks of Broughton (born 1950)
Title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Michael Marks (* 1989).
Individual notes
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 42409, p. 5101 , July 11, 1961.
Web links
- Marks of Broughton, Baron (UK, 1961) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment′s peerage