Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton

Major General The Right Honourable The Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton TD VR PC
Official portrait, 2023
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
In office 13 June 2017 – 16 December 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Mike Penning
Succeeded by	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel
In office 12 May 2015 – 13 June 2017
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May
Preceded by	Anna Soubry
Succeeded by	Tobias Ellwood
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 9 September 2012 – 12 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Jeremy Wright
Succeeded by	Charlie Elphicke
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2020 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes North North East Milton Keynes (2005–2010)
In office 5 May 2005 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Brian White
Succeeded by	Ben Everitt
Personal details
Born	(1970-05-12) 12 May 1970 (age 54)[1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Katherine Reader ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2007)​ Caroline Dinenage ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2
Residence(s)	Gosport, Hampshire
Alma mater	University of Buckingham University of Exeter
Website	lancaster4mk.com
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1988–present
Rank	Major General
Unit	General Staff, Late Royal Engineers British Army Reserve
Commands	217 (London) Field Squadron (EOD)
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan Kosovo Bosnia
Awards	Efficiency Decoration Volunteer Reserves Service Medal

Major General John Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton,^[2] TD, VR, PC (born 12 May 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician, a Member of the House of Lords and a British Army reserve officer, who has served as Director Reserves since October 2023.

He previously served as Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes from 2005 until 2010, and then its successor seat Milton Keynes North from the seat's creation at the 2010 general election until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2019 general election. He served as a Minister in several appointments after the formation of the Coalition Government in 2010, first as Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury, before in May 2015 moving to the Ministry of Defence, first as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Veterans, Reserves and Personnel, and then, from 13 June 2017, as Minister of State for the Armed Forces. He served in this role until his retirement from Government on 16 December 2019. He was granted a life peerage in the 2019 Dissolution Honours, and was created "Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton" on 16 September 2020. He was introduced to the House of Lords on 12 October 2020.