Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell

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Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
27 July 1984 – 11 November 1999
Personal details
Born28 January 1947
Died12 July 2020
Political partyLabour
Alma materPortsmouth University

Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (28 January 1947 – 12 July 2020) was a British hereditary peer.[1]

Life

He was educated at Portsmouth University (BSc Mechanical Eng, 1971) and Thames Valley University.[2] He succeeded to the title Baron Monkswell in 1984, and was a Member of the House of Lords from 1985 to 1999. He was a Labour Party Member of Manchester City Council from 1989 to 1994.

Lord Monkswell was an unsuccessful candidate in by-elections to the House of Lords in 2003, 2005, and 2011.

He died on 12 July 2020 at the age of 73.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Lord knows that I don't need the title". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ^ ‘MONKSWELL’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  3. ^ The obituary notice of Gerard Collier
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Disclaimed
Title last held by
William Collier
Baron Monkswell
1984–2020
Member of the House of Lords
(1985 – 1999)
Succeeded by