Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell

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

He was educated at Portsmouth Polytechnic (BSc Mechanical Eng, 1971) and Slough Polytechnic.[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 James Collier, 6th Baron Monkswell