David Martin

David John Pattison Martin (born 5 February 1945) is a British farmer, barrister, and Conservative politician.

Early life Martin is the son of John Besley Martin CBE and his wife Muriel. He was educated at Norwood School, Exeter, Kelly College, Tavistock, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1967; he then trained as a barrister at the Inner Temple.

He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South from 1987 until the 1997 general election, in 1990 serving as PPS to the Defence Minister Alan Clark and then from 1990 to 1994 as PPS to the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. One of their daughters is the novelist Cesca Major. Martin is also a paternal uncle of Coldplay's lead vocalist, Chris Martin.