Mark Lancaster

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Lancaster
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	May 12, 1970(1970-05-12)
Age	54
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Cambridge
Horoscope	Taurus

Mark Lancaster Biography

Mark Lancaster is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on May 12, 1970 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Lancaster was born on the 12th of May, 1970 at Cambridge. He was educated privately by the Kimbolton School in Huntingdonshire where his father Ronald Lancaster was chaplain. He earned an BSc with a major in Business Studies from the University of Buckingham as well as an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Exeter Business School. He was granted the title of an Honorary PhD from Buckingham in 2008.

Lancaster is a resident of Gosport together with his partner, Conservative MP for Gosport Caroline Dinenage. He was previously married to Katherine Reader 1995 before separating in 2006 and divorced in 2009. He briefly cohabitated with Amanda Evans with whom he has one daughter. Then, in the month of February 2014, he got married to Caroline Dinenage, who had previously been married. Lancaster is a fan of MK Dons, and enjoys playing cricket, and is a member of his House of Commons team.

Lancaster stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for Nuneaton at the 2001 general election. He was defeated by the Labour candidate Bill Olner.

Lancaster has stated his disagreement with the UK Government’s policy on the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In an interview with the BBC, he stated “It may well be much harder to get the British public to back other overseas adventures by the military because of what’s happened in Iraq”. According to the Public Whip, he voted strongly against the introduction of ID cards and in favour of a smoking ban and an investigation into the Iraq war. In votes involving transparency of parliament (including MPs expenses), gay rights, and climate change his voting record is not easily categorized by obvious stereotypes, although in early 2013, Lancaster voted against legislation allowing gay couples to marry at second reading but supported minor ‘tidying up’ legislation supporting the principle once the main Bill had passed through the House of Commons. He later tweeted in July 2016 that he had been wrong to have opposed second reading.

Lancaster failed to win his Conservative Candidate for Huntingdon West ward on Huntingdonshire District Council in 1994. However, he was elected to the Ellington Ward in 1995. He was Chairman of the Leisure Committee (1996-1999). He was sacked from his council position during the local election in 1999.

Mark Lancaster Net Worth

Mark Lancaster is one of the richest Engineer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Lancaster 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Colonel John Mark Lancaster, TD Colonel John Mark Lancaster, TD (born the 12th of May in 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was the Member of the Parliament of Milton Keynes North from the seat’s formation during the 2010 general election until his retirement in the year 2019 He was a MEP for Milton Keynes North from 2005 until his retirement in 2019. North East Milton Keynes constituency between 2005 and 2010. He was Minister in various positions following the establishment of the Coalition Government in 2010, initially being Lord Commissioner to Her Majesty’s Treasury and then in May 2015 transferring into the Ministry of Defence as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Veterans, Reserves and Personnel and on 13 June 2017 the appointment was made Minister of State to the Armed Forces in the Second May Ministry. He was appointed to the post by Boris Johnson at the start of his term as Premier in July 2019. He held this position until his departure from Government on 16 December 2019.

Between 1988 and the year 1990, Lancaster was a member of The British Army on an extended gap year Commission in Hong Kong with the Queen’s Gurkha Engineers before transferring to university. He later changed the Commission onto the Army Reserve where he continues to serve as a member of the General Staff Corps ( Late Royal Engineers ) and has previously led the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. He was in active duty three times during the wars in Kosovo (1999-2000), Bosnia (2001-2002) and Afghanistan (2006). He is currently the Deputy Commanding Officer of the 77th Brigade.

He received a number of military honours and decorations between 2000 and 2016, including the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 2002 and the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (VRSM) in 2011. He was awarded the Bar for a further five years service in 2016.

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In 2011, he was a member of the special select committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011. He was also a member of the Public Bill Committee for the Defence Reform Act 2014.

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Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mark Lancaster celebrates birthday on May 12 of every year.

After his re-election in 2010, he was initially appointed as the PPS to the Secretary of State for International Development, Lancaster was appointed Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Treasury in September 2012. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, and Veterans at the Ministry of Defence following the formation of the second Cameron ministry on 12 May 2015. He was reappointed by Theresa May on her becoming prime minister in June 2016 and had Reserves added to his portfolio, changing job title to Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel. He was promoted to Minister of State for the Armed Forces after the 2017 general election. He was appointed to the Privy Council in November 2017. In November 2019 he announced his retirement from Parliament.