Baron Marks

Baron Marks

Baron Marks was a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 16 July 1929 for the former MP for Launceston and North Cornwall , George Marks. On his death on 24 September 1938, the barony became extinct.

Barons Marks (1929)

*George Croydon Marks, 1st Baron Marks (1858–1938)

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