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British lawyer, writer and columnist (born 1964)
Marina Wheeler
Born
Marina Claire Wheeler
(1964-08-18 ) 18 August 1964 (age 59 ) Nationality British Education
Alma mater
Université libre de Bruxelles
Occupations
writer
columnist
Known for
Spouse
(m. 1993; div. 2020) Children 4, including Lara [1] Parent
Marina Claire Wheeler KC barrister , she specialises in public law , including human rights , and is a member of the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal . She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2016.[2]
She is the author of The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab Boris Johnson .
Early life and education [ edit ]
Marina Claire Wheeler was born in West Berlin on 18 August 1964, to Charles Wheeler , a BBC correspondent, and his second wife Dip Singh, an Indian Punjabi Sikh .[3] [3]
Wheeler was educated at Bedales School and then the European School of Brussels , and then in the early 1980s at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge , where she wrote for the student magazine Cantab [4] [5] [6]
At the European School, she became friendly with Boris Johnson , later a journalist and politician.[7]
After Cambridge, Wheeler returned to Brussels and worked there for four years. In 1987, she was called to the Bar , practising from chambers in London at One Crown Office Row. In her work as a barrister, Wheeler specialises in mental health matters and discrimination claims. In January 2004, she was appointed to the B-Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown.[8] Bar Disciplinary Tribunal as a barrister member.[9]
Of her legal work, Wheeler has stated:
My own experience, shared by many colleagues, is that a high proportion of discrimination cases we deal with are ill-founded. One colleague puts the figure at more than 60 per cent... Many unregulated advisors make a living bringing discrimination claims, and they do not always seem to have the best interests of the Applicant in mind.[10]
In February 2016, she was appointed Queen's Counsel .[11]
In October 2023 she was announced as the Labour Party 's advisor on protecting women from workplace sexual harassment and discrimination.[12]
Personal life [ edit ]
On 8 May 1993, a pregnant Wheeler married her childhood friend Boris Johnson , whose previous marriage had ended 12 days earlier.[13] Lara Lettice ,[5] [14] [13]
In September 2018, Johnson and Wheeler issued a statement confirming that after 25 years of marriage, they had separated "several months ago" and begun divorce proceedings.[15] [16] [17]
In August 2019, Wheeler revealed that she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer earlier in the year and had undergone two operations to be in remission.[18]
Memoirs [ edit ]
In 2020 her memoir The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab [19] Sargodha in West Punjab, present-day Pakistan , with her maternal family migrating to present-day India after the Partition of India .[20] [21] RSL Christopher Bland Prize .[22]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Wheeler, Marina (2020). The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab ISBN 978-1-4736-7774-6 OCLC 1147952565 .
^ Sir Charles Wheeler (obituary) at telegraph.co.uk
^ a b "Family of influence behind Boris Johnson" . The Daily Telegraph . 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009.
^ Amit Roy, Boris gets on his bike from The Telegraph of Calcutta
^ Brian Wheeler, The Boris Johnson story
^ "One Crown Office Row - Barrister Details" . Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008 .
^ "Marina Wheeler" (PDF) . 1cor.com .
^ "One Crown Office Row - Article" . Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2010 .
^ "Guardian Legal Network " . Inforrm.wordpress.com . 11 January 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019 .
^ "Boris Johnson's ex-wife Marina Wheeler is Labour's sex harassment adviser" . BBC News . 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023 .
^ a b Andy McSmith (13 February 2016). "Marina Wheeler, profile: The brains behind Boris Johnson" . The Independent . Retrieved 31 May 2021 . The Mayor's wife couldn't be more different from her husband – but are they on the same side of the EU debate?
^ Wheeler, Brian (4 May 2008). "The Boris Johnson story" . BBC News . Retrieved 1 August 2021 .
^ "Boris Johnson and wife to divorce" . BBC News . 7 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018 .
^ Ames, Jonathan (18 February 2020). "PM reaches financial settlement with estranged wife" The Times . Retrieved 16 April 2020 .
^ Simpson, Annabel (6 May 2020). "Marina Wheeler opens up about life post-Boris Johnson" . Tatler . Retrieved 25 July 2023 .
^ Moore, Matthew (12 August 2019). "I put off test that spotted my cervical cancer, says Boris Johnson's wife Marina Wheeler" . The Times .
^ Wheeler, Marina (2020). The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab ISBN 978-1-4736-7774-6 OCLC 1147952565 .
^ Murtaza Ali Shah (2 May 2015). "London Mayor, wife wish to visit 'amazing' Pakistan | World" . Geo.tv . Retrieved 24 July 2016 .
^ "London mayor, wife wish to visit Pakistan soon – The Express Tribune" . Tribune.com.pk . 3 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2016 .
^ "RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 – Shortlist announced" . Royal Society of Literature . 17 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021 .
External links [ edit ]
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