Baron Marks of Broughton, of
Sunningdale
Sunningdale is a large village with a retail area and a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It takes up the extreme south-east corner of Berkshire, England. It has a railway station on the (London) Waterloo to Reading ...
in the
Royal County of Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Ber ...
, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created on 10 July 1961 for
Simon Marks. He was chairman and managing director of the retail chain
Marks & Spencer
Marks and Spencer Group plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks's or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer with headquarters in Paddington, London that specialises in selling clothing, beauty, home ...
, a company co-founded by his father
Michael Marks
Michael Marks ( yi, מיכאל מארקס Polish: ''Michał Marks''; 1859? – 31 December 1907) was a businessman and entrepreneur, who with Thomas Spencer co-founded the British retail chain Marks & Spencer.
Biography
Marks was born into a ...
. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1998.
Barons Marks of Broughton (1961)
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Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton
Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton (9 July 1888 – 8 December 1964), was an English retail businessman and baron, the son of Michael Marks, the co-founder of major British multinational company Marks & Spencer.
Biography
Early life
M ...
(1888–1964)
*Michael Marks, 2nd Baron Marks of Broughton (1920–1998)
*Simon Richard Marks, 3rd Baron Marks of Broughton (b. 1950)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
and sole heir to the peerage is the present holder's son Hon. Michael Marks (b. 1989).
Coat of arms
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1961