Lord Carlile
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The Right Honourable The Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE QC FRSA |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 27 July 1999 |
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Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire |
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In office 11 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Delwyn Williams |
| Succeeded by | Lembit Opik |
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Alexander Charles Carlile 12 February 1948 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Liberal Democrats (Before 2017) None (2017–present) |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Profession | Barrister |
Alexander Charles Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew, CBE, QC, FRSA (born 12 February 1948), is a non-affiliatedmember of the House of Lords. He has been described as one of Britain's top legal experts.
Alex Carlile, the son of Polish Jewish immigrants , was brought up in [Ruabon], North Wales and Lancashire. He was educated at Epsom College and at King's College London where he graduated in Law in 1969. He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1970 and became a QC at the unusually young age of 36.
Lord Carlile of Berriew is a barrister and former head of chambers of Foundry Chambers, London,, a leading set of barristers' chambers. He successfully defended Diana, Princess of Wales's butler, Paul Burrell, against charges that Burrell had stolen some of her estate's belongings. In 2001 he was appointed the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation. Carlile stood down as head of chambers at 9–12 Bell Yard in March 2008.
Carlile was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to national security.
Carlile was created a life peer in 1999, as Baron Carlile of Berriew, of Berriew in the County of Powys, having previously been a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997; he had stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal for East Flintshire in February and October 1974. As the sole Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Wales after the 1992 election, Carlile helped steer the party through one of its low points. He was instrumental in the pre-devolution discussions with the Welsh Labour Party that led up to the 1997 devolution referendum.
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