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George Marks

engineer politician

George Croydon Marks, 1st Baron Marks, known as Sir George Marks between 1911 and 1929, was an English engineer, patent agent and Liberal politician.

Education

King"s College London.

Career

Marks was born in Eltham in Kent, the eldest of eight children of William Marks and Amelia Adelaide Croydon, of whom only four survived childhood. After attending a local private school, at age 13 he became apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, where his father William was a foreman, and continued his general education part-time at the Royal Arsenal School. Business career.

Achievements

  • At 17, he won a Whitworth Exhibition for two years at King"s College, University of London.

Politics

Liberal Party, Labour Party.

Membership

28th United Kingdom Parliament. 29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.

31st United Kingdom Parliament.

32nd United Kingdom Parliament. 33rd United Kingdom Parliament.