Following yesterday's shock news that Lord Marland had stepped down as the UK's Minister responsible (sic) for Intellectual Property, and the
launch of an exciting rumour that he might be replaced by an elevated Lady Beckham, Politics Live with Andrew Sparrow
reports:
... Viscount Younger of Leckie has been made a junior business minister, replacing Lord Marland ...
Viscount Younger of Leckie is that curious creature of British politics, an elected hereditary peer, and deputy chairman of the Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association. You can peruse his Lords biography
here.
