Marcus Lipton CBE (29 October 1900 – 22 February 1978) was a British Labour Party politician.
The son of Benjamin and Mary Lipton of Sunderland, he was educated at Hudson Road Council School and Bede Grammar School in the town, before winning a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford. He graduated with a MA with honours, and was awarded an exhibition or bursary by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. He studied law and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1926.
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