Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood (23 November 1938 – 11 July 2015) was a British peer and politician.

Biography

Birdwood was the son of

Christopher Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood {{Infobox noble, type , honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable , name = The Lord Birdwood , honorific-suffix = MVO , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more ...

, and Elizabeth Vere Drummond Ogilvie. He attended

Radley College Radley College, formally St Peter's College, Radley or the College of St. Peter at Radley, is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (independent boarding school) for boys near the village of Radley, in Oxfordshire, in the United Kingd ...

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

. Birdwood served with the

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and reached the rank of Second Lieutenant. He attended

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

, where he graduated with a Master of Arts (MA). Birdwood held leadership positions in several industrial companies. Between 1970 and 1986 he worked as director of Wrightson Wood. In 1986 he was as a business owner and president of Martlet Ltd. From 1989 to 1992 he served as Director of Scientific Generics. He was chairman of Worthington & Company from 1994 to 1998. In 2001, he was chairman of Steel Tower Ltd. On 6 January 1962 he inherited his father's title. Between 1965 and 1999 he participated several times in debates in the

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. Until 11 November 1999, he was sitting in the upper house, then he lost his seat by the

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Personal life

Birdwood married, on 27 April 1963, Judith Helen Roberts. They had one daughter born on 29 July 1964, Sophie Frederika Birdwood, who married the 3rd Earl of Woolton in 1987, and had three other daughters before divorcing in 1997. On the death of the 3rd Baron without male issue in 2015, the Birdwood barony and baronetcy became extinct.

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British people of Scottish descent People educated at Radley College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Birdwood