Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford
Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford, Gresford in the County Borough of Wrexham of OBE QC ( born March 13, 1937 in Wrexham ) is a British lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party and now the Liberal Democrats, since 1996 member of the House of Lords is.
Life
Lawyer and unsuccessful House of candidatures
After visiting the Grove Park Grammar School in Wrexham Thomas holds a degree in law as well as the Classical Classical Studies at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge and completed these studies with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) and a Master of Arts ( MA Classics ) from. After graduating, he was 1961-1966 worked as a solicitor and following temporary lecturer.
Mid-1960s, Thomas began his political involvement in the Liberal Party and candidate in the general election on October 15, 1964 March 31, 1976 and June 18, 1970, respectively unsuccessfully in constituency West Flintshire for a seat in the House of Commons.
After he has since 1967 called to the Bar of the Law Society of Gray 's Inn, he then worked as a lawyer. After Vice - Chairman of the Liberal Party of Wales, he was 1967-1969, he was from 1969 to 1974 Chairman of the Welsh Liberal Party.
In addition, he also continued his political career within the Liberal Party away further and applied for them by the general election on February 28, 1974 October 15, 1974, May 3, 1979 June 9, 1983 and the last time June 11, 1987 again unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons, where he competed in these elections in each constituency Wrexham. Thomas, who is president of the Liberal Association of Wrexham since 1975, was from 1977 to 1979 president of the Liberal Party in Wales.
Judges and the House of Lords member
In addition to his political activities in 1974 Thomas was appointed Deputy Circuit Judge, and was thereafter 1976-1995 recorder at the Crown Court because of its legal merits, he was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1979. In addition, he was a member of 1985-1993 the crime Compensation Authority ( Criminal Injury Compensation Board) as a member.
Last time was Thomas, who between 1991 and 1993 only Vice President and then President in 1993 of the Liberal Democrats in Wales, during his judicial career between 1995 and 1996 Deputy Judge of the High Court of Justice.
He was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Thomas of Gresford, Gresford in the County Borough of Wrexham of the nobility in 1996 and became a member as a member of the House of Lords.
During his many years of membership in the upper house he was initially 1996-2004 Spokesman of the Group of the Liberal Democrats for Wales and Home Affairs (Home Office. Subsequently, he was appointed member of the shadow cabinet of his party in 2004 and was there first Shadow Attorney General, then between 2006 and 2007, shadow Lord Chancellor, and then again from 2007 to 2010 shadow Attorney General and spokesman for the Liberal Democrats for Justice. Additionally, he is chairman of the Lloyd George Society.
Since 2005 he has been married to his second wife Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley. So he and his wife belong to the few pairs in British history, who are members of the House of Lords because of their own nobility title.