Swraj Paul, Baron Paul

The Right Honourable
The Lord Paul
PC
Born
Swraj Paul

(1931-02-18) 18 February 1931 (age 93)
Jullundur, Punjab Province, British India
NationalityBritish
EducationDoaba College Jalandhar, Punjab;

Forman Christian College, Lahore;

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationBusinessman
Political partyIndependent
Children4, including Angad Paul (deceased)

Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, PC (born 18 February 1931) is an Indian-born British business magnate and philanthropist. In 1996 he was appointed a life peer by Conservative Prime Minister John Major,[1] and sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated peer with the title Baron Paul, of Marylebone, in the City of Westminster.[2] In December 2008 he was appointed deputy speaker of the Lords; in October 2009 he was appointed to the Privy Council.[3]

  1. ^ Ramnarayan, Abhinav (21 November 2008). "Interview: Swraj Paul, Engineering magnate puts his faith in British steeliness". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. ^ "No. 54553". The London Gazette. 16 October 1996. p. 13737.
  3. ^ "TheyWorkForYou". www.theyworkforyou.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.