The Lord Trevethin and Oaksey | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
as an elected hereditary peer 22 October 2015 | |
By-election | 22 October 2015 |
Preceded by | The 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein |
Personal details | |
Born | Patrick John Tristram Lawrence 29 June 1960 |
Political party | Crossbench |
Spouse | Lucinda Marchessini (m. 1987) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | John Oaksey, Victoria ("Tory") Lawrence (nee. Dennistoun) |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Occupation | Barrister |
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 entered a lesbian relationship with artist Maggi Hambling. [5]
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