George Croydon Marks
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The Right Honourable The Lord Marks CBE |
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Member of Parliament for North Cornwall Launceston (1906–18) |
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In office 8 February 1906 – 29 October 1924 |
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| Preceded by | John Fletcher Moulton |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Martyn Williams |
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9 June 1858 Eltham, Kent |
| Died | 24 September 1938 (aged 80) Poole, Dorset |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Liberal/Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Maynard |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
George Croydon Marks, 1st Baron Marks CBE (9 June 1858 – 24 September 1938), known as Sir George Marks between 1911 and 1929, was an English engineer, patent agent and Liberal (later Labour) politician.
Marks was born in Eltham in Kent, the eldest of eight children of William Marks and Amelia Adelaide Croydon, of whom only four survived childhood. After attending a local private school, at age 13 he became apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, where his father William was a foreman, and continued his general education part-time at the Royal Arsenal School. At 17, he won a Whitworth Exhibition for two years at King's College, University of London.
Noted by many as a disciple of Brunel, he joined Sir Richard Tangye's company, whose works were closely associated with funicular lifts. Marks was appointed head of the lift department, in which role he was in charge of the installation of the Saltburn Cliff Lift. 1880, he set up a private practice in Birmingham and married Margaret Maynard; they never had any children. In 1887 he formed a partnership with Dugald Clerk, forming the international intellectual property firm Marks & Clerk, which now operates in 18 countries worldwide. The firm became big enough to move its headquarters to London in 1893, with branches in Birmingham and Manchester. Developing a number of cliff railways and steep-incline tramcar systems, including the Swansea Constitution Hill Incline Railway in 1896-8, commissions included the design of the new Gothic pavilion at the Royal Pier and the Cambrian Hotel (later the United Theological College), both in Aberystwyth.
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