Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford

The Baron Thomas of Gresford
Personal details
Born	13 March 1937 (1937-03-13) (age 74) Wrexham
Nationality	Welsh
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Spouse(s)	(1) Nan Kerr in 1961 (2) Baroness Walmsley
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge University
Profession	Solicitor, Barrister, Judge, Lecturer

Donald Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford, OBE, QC (born 13 March 1937) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

Educated at Grove Park Grammar School, Wrexham, and at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, he graduated with an LLB in Law and an MA in Classics. He practiced as a solicitor in Wrexham from 1961–1966 before becoming a lecturer in Law. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1967, and was appointed a QC in 1979. He became a deputy circuit judge in 1974, a Crown Court Recorder in 1976, and a Deputy High Court judge in 1995.

He was raised to the peerage as Baron Thomas of Gresford, of Gresford in the County Borough of Wrexham in 1996, whereupon he took the Liberal Democrat Whip. Since then he has been a spokesman on Wales and Home Affairs, and has sat on a number of committees. His political interests include Hong Kong, China, criminal justice, and Wales.

Thomas married Nan Kerr in 1961 with whom he had three sons and one daughter. She died in 2000. In 2005, he married fellow Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Walmsley. He and his wife are one of the few couples who both hold titles in their own right.

Lord Thomas is a Vice-President of the Lloyd George Society.

External links

• Lord Thomas of Gresford profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• [1] Website of the Lloyd George Society

References

• Who's Who 2008
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Party political offices
Preceded by Mary Murphy	Chairman of the Welsh Liberal Party 1969–1973	Succeeded by Geraint Howells
Preceded by Geraint Howells	President of the Welsh Liberal Party 1977–1979	Succeeded by Roger Roberts
Preceded by Roger Roberts	President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats 1993–1996	Succeeded by Alex Carlile

Persondata
Name	Thomas, Martin Baron Thomas Of Gresford
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Date of birth	13 March 1937
Place of birth	Wrexham
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