Mark Carlisle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mark Carlisle

British politician

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1929

Place of Birth: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Date of Death: 14-Jul-2005

Profession: politician, Queen's Counsel

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mark Carlisle, Baron Carlisle of Bucklow, QC, DL, PC (7 July 1929 – 14 July 2005) was a Conservative British politician and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Runcorn from 1964 to 1983 and then for Warrington South until 1987.
Created a life peer in November 1987, he served as Secretary of State for Education and Science from 1979 until 1981. Mark Carlisle's father was a Manchester cotton merchant, and his parents were in Montevideo, Uruguay, when he was born.
He was educated at Radley College in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and the University of Manchester.
He was Chairman of the university's Conservative association, and Federation of university Conservatives in 1953.
In 1957 he was vice-chairman of North-West Young Conservatives.
He was admitted Gray's Inn, was called to the bar, and made QC in 1971.