Anthony Gueterbock, 18th Baron Berkeley

Anthony Fitzhardinge Gueterbock, 18th Baron Berkeley and Baron Gueterbock, OBE (born 20 September 1939), aka Tony Berkeley, is a British Labour politician. He is both an English hereditary peer and a life peer.

After being educated at Eton College, Gueterbock went up to Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated MA. He then embarked upon a career in civil engineering, joining George Wimpey plc where he worked as an engineer until 1985.^[1] For the next ten years he worked as an engineer for Eurotunnel '85–'95.^[1]

Gueterbock inherited his ancestors' ancient title of Baron Berkeley in 1992, succeeding his aunt Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley. Berkeley was created a Life Peer too in 2000 as Baron Gueterbock, of Cranford in the London Borough of Hillingdon^[1] so as to remain sitting as a Labour peer in the House of Lords, following the removal of hereditary peers' automatic right to seats in Parliament.

Lord Berkeley is the Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group and has asked many questions in the House of Lords on Transport matters including about bicycles on trains.^[2] Berkeley has also tabled questions about Police conduct with regards to Civil Liberties.^[3][4] He has also questioned restrictions on Peers being entitled to bring guests into the House of Lords.^[5]

He and his 2nd wife, Rosalind (The Lady Berkeley), divide their time between their home at Polruan, Cornwall and London.

Lord Berkeley is President of UK Maritime Pilots' Association^[6] and a Harbour Commissioner of the Port of Fowey. He has received the following honours and awards:

CEng, MICE, FRSA, FCIT, Hon FIMechE, Hon DSc (Brighton) (1996), OBE (1989).

References

External links

• Debrett's
• www.parliament.uk