Patrick John Tristram Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin and 3rd Baron Oaksey, (born 29 June 1960) is a British

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and ...

hereditary peer The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of September 2022, there are 807 hereditary peers: 29 dukes (including five royal dukes), 34 marquesses, 190 earls, 111 viscounts, and 443 barons (disregarding subsid ...

and

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member of the

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. He was educated at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

. He is a barrister practising from 4 New Square Chambers and was elected to sit in the House at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election in October 2015, following the retirement of

David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein David Bernard Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (18 August 1928 – 8 January 2020) was a British politician and businessman. He was the son of Bernard Montgomery. Early life and education Montgomery was the only child of Field ...

. In 1987 he married Lucinda, a daughter of businessman

Demetri Marchessini Demetri P. Marchessini (20 July 1934 – 6 March 2016) was a Greek businessman. He was among the largest donors to the UK Independence Party and gave £15,000 to the party during 2013.

. They have a son and two daughters. He is the son of artist Tory Lawrence and aristocrat

John Oaksey John Geoffrey Tristram Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin and 2nd Baron Oaksey (21 March 1929 – 5 September 2012) was a British aristocrat, horse racing journalist, television commentator and former amateur jockey. He was twice British Champion ...

, who split in public fashion in the mid-1980s when Tory Lawrence entered a lesbian relationship with artist

Maggi Hambling Margaret ("Maggi") J. Hambling (born 23 October 1945) is a British artist. Though principally a painter her best-known public works are the sculptures '' A Conversation with Oscar Wilde'' and '' A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft'' in London, ...

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4 New Square – Barristers
1960 births Living people British people of Welsh descent Patrick Lawrence, 3rd Baron Oaksey People from Wiltshire Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Crossbench hereditary peers British barristers English landowners English farmers {{UK-law-bio-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999