Lord Carlile of Berriew C.B.E., Q.C.
Lord Carlile of Berriew C.B.E., Q.C.
LONDON
Alex Carlile was born in Wales in 1948. After education at Epsom College he graduated LLB AKC at King’s College London. Lord Carlile was called to the bar by Gray’s Inn (where he is now a bencher) in 1970 and became a Q.C. in 1984, at the age of 36. Until 2009 he was the Honorary Recorder of the City of Hereford. He sat as a Recorder of the Crown Court, a Deputy High Court Judge, and Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Between 2001-2011, he was the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. He was the Independent Reviewer of the Government’s new PREVENT policy and the Independent Reviewer of National Security Policy in Northern Ireland.
From 1983-1997 he was the Liberal (then Liberal Democrat) MP for Montgomeryshire in Mid Wales. During that time he served as spokesperson on a range of issues, including Home Affairs and the Law. He was Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 1992-7. He is now an independent peer.
He was appointed a Life Peer in 1999 and was awarded the CBE in 2012 for services to national security.
Lord Carlile is involved in numerous charities. He chairs WeAreWithYou, and is President of the Royal Medical Foundation of Epsom College. He has a particular interest in mental health issues, and was a co-founder of the Welsh charity Rekindle.
He was until 2022 the Chairman of the Lloyd’s of London Enforcement Board. He was till 2020 Chairman of the not for profit company Design for Homes and is a founder director of SC Strategy Ltd., a strategy and public policy consultancy.
Lord Carlile is the President of The Security Institute, a Fellow of King’s College London, and a Fellow of the Industry and Parliament Trust. He holds Honorary Doctorates of Laws in universities in Manchester, Wales, Chester, and Hungary.