Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross

The Viscount Colville of Culross
Colville's last speech in the Lords, two months before his death.
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
14 March 1945[a] – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 3rd Viscount Colville of Culross
Succeeded bySeat abolished[b]
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – 8 April 2010
Preceded bySeat established[b]
Succeeded byThe 9th Earl of Clancarty
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
21 April 1972 – 4 March 1974
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byThe Lord Windlesham
Succeeded byThe Lord Harris of Greenwich
Personal details
Born19 July 1933
Died8 April 2010(2010-04-08) (aged 76)
Political partyCrossbench
Alma materNew College, Oxford

John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, QC (19 July 1933 – 8 April 2010[2]), was a British judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999.

  1. ^ "Prayers (1954)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 26 July 1954.
  2. ^ "Death of Viscount Colville of Culross". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.


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