Jonathan Marland, Baron Marland

Jonathan Peter Marland, Baron Marland (born 14 August 1956) is a British businessman and politician, having served as Prime Minister's Trade Envoy, Minister for Energy and Climate Change and Business, Innovation and Skills, and Treasurer of the Conservative Party. Marland is currently the Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.[1]

The Right Honourable

The Lord Marland
Chairman of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Peter Marland

He was awarded a life peerage on 8 June 2006 as Baron Marland, of Odstock in the County of Wiltshire.[2] In December 2015, he was awarded the Order of Merit of Malta.

Education

Marland was educated at Shrewsbury School.

Business career

Marland was one of the founding directors of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc,[3] a multinational insurance business. He led the acquisitions or investment of Janspeed Ltd, Hunter Wellington Boots, Insurance Capital Partners, Jubilee Holdings Ltd, The Cricketer magazine, and Eco World Management and Advisory Services (UK) Ltd.

He is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Kuwait Investment Authority.

Political career

Government posts

In 2010, Marland was made a Minister at the Department of Energy and Climate Change,[4] serving on Her Majesty's Government frontbench.

In May 2011 he was appointed as the Chairman of the British Business Ambassadors by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).[5]

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 2011 and 2014.

In 2014 he became Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.

Party and parliamentary roles

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 candidate for the target seat of Somerton and Frome at the 2001 General Election, coming second to the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP, 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.

Other interests

Away from business and politics, Marland has interests in the arts and sport.

He is the Chairman of Tickets for Troops, Chairman of The Guggenheim UK Charitable Trust and Atlantic Partnership, the Patron of Salisbury and South Wiltshire Cricket and Hockey Club and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a member of the Peggy Guggenheim Museum Executive Board and Trustee of Commonwealth Walkway Trust.

He was formerly Chairman of The Churchill Centre UK (until 2019), and Chairman of The Sports Nexus Trust and Harnham Water Meadows Trust. He was President of Salisbury City F.C. and is a member of the MCC. In January 2009 he challenged Giles Clarke for the chairmanship of the ECB but was unsuccessful, despite having pledged to raise a £100m capital fund for development across all 18 counties if elected as chairman.[6]

He is a former Trustee of the Holburne Museum, Bath and Development Board Member of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Personal life

Marland is married to Penny, a probation officer, and they have four children.[7] Lady Marland was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 2017.[8]

Titles
  • Mr Jonathan Marland (1956–2006)
  • The Rt Hon The Lord Marland (2006– )

Arms
Coat of arms of Jonathan Marland, Baron Marland
Adopted
2007
Coronet
Coronet of a Baron
Crest
A Lion sejant erect Or gorged with a plain Collar attached thereto a Line terminating in a ring Sable and holding between the forefeet a Bobbin also Sable the Yarn Or
Escutcheon
Azure on each of three Bars wavy Or two Martlets respectant Sable
Supporters
On either side a Labrador Sable gorged with a plain Collar Or and holding in the interior forepaw three Bulrushes Sable slipped and leaved Or
Motto
FORTIOR LEONE JUSTUS
Symbolism
The Arms are a variation on those hitherto borne by the family without proper authority. Black labradors have been increasingly popular in heraldry; and in this instance they are shown holding bullrushes as the grantee is Chairman of a marshland environmental project. The bobbin in the Crest refers to the grantee's wife Penelope. The classical Penelope was associated with weaving a winding sheet during the absence of her husband Odysseus.
gollark: Those do nothing, you realise.
gollark: I wrote all of them! Even the antimemetic ones!
gollark: If you had any level of memetic control over this place we wouldn't have had COMPARTMENTAL SLATS.
gollark: Your plan is proceeding exactly as I planned your plan.
gollark: Completely true.

References
  1. http://www.cweic.org/about/advisory-council/
  2. "No. 58027". The London Gazette. 26 June 2006. p. 8671.
  3. Jardine Lloyd Thomson plc official website.
  4. "Media Release: Department of Energy and Climate Change". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  5. The Daily Telegraph: Lord Marland hired to boost trade and investment
  6. BBC report of challenge.
  7. "True blue Tories celebrate". This is Wiltshire.
  8. Phillips, Alison (3 April 2017). "New High Sherriff pledges help for those struggling with mental health issues". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord Morris of Handsworth		 Gentlemen
Baron Marland 		Followed by
The Lord Patel of Bradford
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