Swraj Paul, Baron Paul

Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, was an Indian-born British business magnate and philanthropist. In 1996 he was appointed a Labour life peer under Conservative prime minister John Major, and sat in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated peer with the title Baron Paul, of Marylebone, in the City of Westminster. In December 2008 he was appointed deputy speaker of the Lords; in October 2009 he was appointed to the Privy Council.