Jonathan Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames

The Right Honourable The Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames QC
Jonathan Marks addressing the Liberal Democrat conference in 2011
Member of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2011
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Personal details
Born	Jonathan Clive Marks (1952-10-19) 19 October 1952 (age 64)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats (1988–present) Social Democratic Party (1981–1988)
Education	Harrow School
Alma mater	University College, Oxford

Jonathan Clive Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames, QC (born 19 October 1952) is a British barrister and Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords.

He was educated at Harrow School and University College, Oxford.

Born on 19 October 1952, Marks was called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1975, practicing on the Western Circuit. During the 1980s and early 1990s he was a visiting lecturer in advocacy at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, the University of Mauritius and Sri Lanka Law College. He was appointed QC in 1995. He has been a Freeman of the City of London since 1975 and is a member of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers.

Marks joined the Social Democratic Party on its foundation in 1981. He contested Weston-super-Mare at the 1983 general election and Falmouth and Camborne at the 1987 general election as well as Cornwall and Plymouth at the 1984 European election.