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Anthony Fitzhardinge Gueterbock, 18th Baron Berkeley and Baron Gueterbock, (born 20 September 1939), also known as Tony Berkeley, is a British Labour politician. He is both an English Hereditary Peer and a life peer. After being educated at Eton College, Gueterbock went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA. He then embarked upon a career in civil engineering, joining George Wimpey plc where he worked as an engineer until 1985.〔 For the next ten years he worked as an engineer for Eurotunnel '85–'95.〔 Gueterbock inherited his ancestors' ancient title of Baron Berkeley in 1992, succeeding his aunt Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley. Berkeley was created a Life Peer too in 2000 as Baron Gueterbock, of Cranford in the London Borough of Hillingdon so as to remain sitting as a Labour peer in the House of Lords, following the removal of hereditary peers' automatic right to seats in Parliament. Since Lord Berkeley first entered the House of Lords in 1992, he has held the positions of Opposition Spokesperson for Transport 1996-97 and Opposition Whip 1996-97.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=BBC )〕 Lord Berkeley is the Secretary of the ( All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group ) and has asked many questions in the House of Lords on Transport matters including about bicycles on trains.〔( how many dedicated cycle-carrying spaces are planned )〕 Berkeley has also tabled questions about police conduct with regards to civil liberties.〔( pass on my congratulations to the police for the way in which they controlled this demonstration without using masks and batons, or covering up their numbers and other things which they did at the G20 protests? | 12 May 2009 )〕〔( www.theyworkforyou.com 29 Apr 2009 )〕 He has also questioned restrictions on peers being entitled to bring guests into the House of Lords.〔(London Evening Standard )〕 He is chairman of the Rail Freight Group, the industry representative body of the rail freight sector, and a Board Member of the European Rail Freight Association. He is also a trustee of Plymouth Marine Laboratory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Governance )〕 He lives in Polruan, Cornwall. Lord Berkeley is President of the UK Maritime Pilots' Association〔(www.ukmpa.org )〕 and a Harbour Commissioner of the Port of Fowey. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Gueterbock, 18th Baron Berkeley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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