George Marks, 1st Baron Marks

The Lord Marks
Member of Parliament for North Cornwall
Launceston (1906–18)
In office
8 February 1906 – 9 October 1924
Preceded byJohn Fletcher Moulton
Succeeded byAlfred Martyn Williams
Personal details
Born(1858-06-09)9 June 1858
Eltham, Kent
Died24 September 1938(1938-09-24) (aged 80)
Poole, Dorset
Political partyLiberal/Labour
SpouseMargaret Maynard
Alma materKing's College London
OccupationCivil engineer

George Croydon Marks, 1st Baron Marks, CBE (9 June 1858 – 24 September 1938), known as Sir George Marks between 1911 and 1929,[1] was an English engineer, patent agent and Liberal (later Labour) politician.[2]

  1. ^ "George Croydon Marks". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Grace's Guide. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ Michael R. Lane, ‘Marks, George Croydon, Baron Marks (1858–1938)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004