Education
Marland was educated at, an independent school for boys (now co-educational) in the county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
He is married to Penny, a probation officer, and they have four children.
Marland was educated at, an independent school for boys (now co-educational) in the county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
He is married to Penny, a probation officer, and they have four children.
He was awarded a life peerage on 8 June 2006 as Baron Marland, of Odstock in the County of Wiltshire. In December 2015, he was awarded the Order of Merit of Malta. Marland was one of the founding directors of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, a multinational insurance business.
In 2014 he became Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.
Government posts In 2010, Marland was made a Minister at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, serving on Her Majesty"s Government frontbench. In May 2011 he was appointed as the Chairman of the British Business Ambassadors by United Kingdom Trade & Investment (UKTI) In 2012, Marland was made a Minister for Intellectual property in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
He was the Prime Minister"s Trade Envoy between 2013 - 2014. In 2003, Marland was appointed as Treasurer to the Conservative Party, fulfilling the role until 2007, and subsequently became a key part of the team which saw the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London.
A Conservative, Marland was the Parliamentary Candidate for the target seat of Somerton and Frome at the General Election 2001, coming second to the incumbent Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, David Heath.
Opposition posts In 2009, Marland was made an opposition Whip in the House of Lords, as well as an opposition spokesman for the Cabinet Office, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Political and business interests There is an extensive list of Marland"s political and business interests in the United Kingdom Parliament website. Away from business and politics, Marland has interests in the arts and sport.
He was formerly Chairman of The Sports Nexus Trust and Harnham Water Meadows Trust.
In January 2009 he challenged Giles Clarke for the chairmanship of the ECB. He failed, despite having pledged to raise a £100m capital fund for development across all 18 counties if elected as chairman.
Party and parliamentary roles.
He was President of Salisbury City F.C., and is a member of the Master Control Console.