Patrick Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin

The Lord Trevethin and Oaksey
Lord Trevethin and Oaksey in 2019
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
22 October 2015
By-election22 October 2015
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Personal details
Born
Patrick John Tristram Lawrence

(1960-06-29) 29 June 1960 (age 64)
Political partyCrossbench
Spouse
Lucinda Marchessini
(m. 1987)
Children3
Parent(s)John Oaksey, Victoria ("Tory") Lawrence (nee. Dennistoun)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationBarrister

Patrick John Tristram Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin and 3rd Baron Oaksey, KC (born 29 June 1960) is a British barrister, hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

He is a barrister practising from 4 New Square Chambers and was elected to sit in the House at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election in October 2015, following the retirement of David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.[2]

In 1987 he married Lucinda, a daughter of businessman Demetri Marchessini. They have a son and two daughters.[3]

He is the son of artist Tory Lawrence and aristocrat John Oaksey, who split in public fashion[4] in the mid-1980s when Tory Lawrence began a relationship with artist Maggi Hambling.[5]

  1. ^ ‘TREVETHIN’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. ^ Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, October 2015
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 2, p. 2963
  4. ^ "Lord Oaksey". www.telegraph.co.uk. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Suffolk Artists - LAWRENCE, Tory". suffolkartists.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2023.