Patrick Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Trevethin and Oaksey
KC
Lord Trevethin and Oaksey in 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Elected Hereditary Peer
22 October 2015 – 29 April 2026
2015
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Personal details
BornPatrick John Tristram Lawrence
(1960-06-29) 29 June 1960
PartyCrossbench
Spouse
Lucinda Marchessini
​
(m. 1987)​
Children3
Parent(s)John Oaksey, Victoria ("Tory") Lawrence (nee. Dennistoun)
Christ Church, Oxford
OccupationBarrister

Patrick John Tristram Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin and 3rd Baron Oaksey, KC (born 29 June 1960) is a British barrister, hereditary peer and former member of the House of Lords who sat as a crossbencher. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

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.[2]

In 1987 he married Lucinda, a daughter of businessman Demetri Marchessini. They have a son and two daughters.[3]

He is the son of Tory Lawrence and John Oaksey, who split in public fashion[4] in the mid-1980s when Tory Lawrence began a relationship with artist Maggi Hambling.[5]

Arms

Coat of arms of Patrick Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin
Crest
A dragon's head erased Sable between two bugle horns counter-embowed Or.
Escutcheon
Per chevron Argent and Gules two crosses raguly in chief of the last and a lamb in base holding with the dexter foreleg a banner and staff all of the first the banner charged with a cross couped Azure.
Supporters
On either side a dragon Sable winged and charged on the shoulder with a fasces Or.
Motto
Pur Fel Dur [6]

References

  1. ‘TREVETHIN’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, October 2015
  3. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 2, p. 2963
  4. "Lord Oaksey". www.telegraph.co.uk. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  5. "Suffolk Artists - LAWRENCE, Tory". suffolkartists.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. Debrett's Peerage. 1936.