Mark Lancaster

Mark Lancaster     (spook, officer, politician)
Born	12 May 1970 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Kimbolton School, University of Buckingham, University of Exeter
Spouse	• Katherine Reader • Caroline Dinenage
Interest of	"Philip Cross"
Party	Conservative Party (UK)
British officer and politician. Deputy Commander of psychological warfare unit 77th Brigade from June 2018 to July 2020.  Officer In office 4 December 1988 - Present Employer UK/Army  Deputy Commander In office June 2018 - July 2020 Employer 77th Brigade  Minister of State for the Armed Forces In office 13 June 2017 - 16 December 2019 Boss Penny Mordaunt, Ben Wallace, Gavin Williamson  Lord Commissioner of the Treasury  In office 9 September 2012 – 12 May 2015 - Present Preceded by Stephen Barclay, Guto Bebb, David Evennett, Robert Goodwill, George Hollingbery, John MacGregor, Mel Stride"strong class="error">Error: Invalid time." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes North In office 5 May 2005 - 6 November 2019

Major General John Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton is a British Conservative Party politician, a Member of the House of Lords and a British Army reserve officer.

He was Deputy Commander of psychological warfare unit 77th Brigade from June 2018 to July 2020.

Career

Lancaster was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers on 4 December 1988. Between 1988 and 1990 Lancaster served in the British Army on an extended SSLC in Hong Kong with the Queen's Gurkha Engineers before going to university. On 1 March 1990, he transferred his commission to the Army Reserve and was promoted lieutenant on 1 July 1991.

Lancaster has been on active service three times, in Kosovo (1999–2000), Bosnia (2001–2002) and Afghanistan (2006). He continues to serve in the General Staff Corps (late Royal Engineers), having previously commanded an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit.

Lancaster was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 February 2012 and to colonel on 22 June 2017. He was Deputy Commander of 77th Brigade from June 2018 to July 2020. and was appointed Chair of the Reserve Forces 2030 review in January 2020.

He was promoted to brigadier on 1 August 2020. and worked as Deputy Director Joint Warfare at UK's Strategic Command. until August 2023. It was announced on the 26th June 2023 that he has been appointed to be Director Reserves in the rank of Major General.

Politics

Lancaster was as Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes from 2005 until 2010, and then its successor seat [Milton Keynes North]] from the seat's creation at the 2010 general election until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2019 general election. He was Minister in several appointments after the formation of the Coalition Government in 2010, first as Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury, before in May 2015 moving to the Ministry of Defence, first as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Veterans, Reserves and Personnel, and then, from 13 June 2017, as Minister of State for the Armed Forces. He worked in this role until his retirement from Government on 16 December 2019. He was granted a life peerage in the 2019 Dissolution Honours, and was created "Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton" on 16 September 2020.

He is married to politician Caroline Dinenage.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Munich Security Conference/2018	12 February 2018	14 February 2018	Munich Bavaria Germany	The 54th Munich Security Conference

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