Mark Schreiber, Baron Marlesford

Mark Shuldham Schreiber, Baron Marlesford (11 September 1931 – 13 July 2025) was a British Conservative politician.

Early life and education Schreiber was born on 11 September 1931 to Wing Commander John Shuldham Schreiber DL (1901−1968), of Marlesford Hall in Marlesford, Suffolk, and Constance Maureen, daughter of Charles Hastings Dent, of Maltravers House, Arundel, Sussex. His father was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1963. The Schreibers had emigrated to England from Durlach, near Karlsruhe in Germany, in the 1700s, settling in Hertfordshire.

He was educated at Sandroyd School, then, like his father, at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where his studies were interrupted by national service in the Coldstream Guards, in which he served as a lieutenant. He accompanied Ernest Marples to America and Japan to conduct research on computers, and also visited America with David Howell to look at budgeting systems.

He served on the Financial Affairs Sub-Committee from 2000 to 2005 and after 2010, and the Home Affairs Sub-Committee from 2005 to 2009.

Other roles Schreiber served as a director of the Eastern Group plc (1989–1995), Times Newspapers Holdings (from 1991) and Baring New Russia Fund (1997–2007). He was also an adviser to Mitsubishi Corporation International NV (1990–2003) and to John Swire & Sons (1992–2009).

Personal life and death In 1969 Schreiber married Gabriella Veglio di Castelletto d'Uzzone, daughter of Count Veglio di Castelletto d'Uzzone of Johannesburg. They had two daughters.