Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh

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Richard William Marsh, Baron Marsh PC (born 14 March 1928) is an English politician and business executive.

Marsh was educated at Woolwich Polytechnic and represented Greenwich as a Labour Party Member of Parliament between 1959 and 1971. He served in the second Wilson Government as the Minister of Power (1966-1968) and in the Cabinet as the Minister of Transport (1968-1970).

Following his departure from the House of Commons, he served as Chairman of the British Railways Board (1971-1976). He received a Knighthood and later a life peerage as Baron Marsh, of Mannington in the County of Wiltshire in 1981. He now sits in the House of Lords as a Crossbench peer.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Joseph Reeves	Member of Parliament for Greenwich 1959–1971	Succeeded by Guy Barnett
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Preceded by Barbara Castle	Minister of Transport 1968–1970	Succeeded by John Peyton

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