Name John 3rd Role Hereditary peer | Political party Labour Party Residence Crewe, United Kingdom | |
Born April 8, 1951 (age 72) ( 1951-04-08 ) Occupation Dairy farmer, Politician Known for Former Everton F.C. director Education London School of Economics and Political Science | ||
Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester (known as John Grantchester; born 8 April 1951) is a British peer and Labour politician.
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Personal life
He is the son of the 2nd Baron Grantchester and Lady Grantchester (née Betty Moores) and was educated at Winchester College, where he was in the school football team, and at the London School of Economics, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in economics. Lord Grantchester has two sons, including his heir apparent Jesse David Suenson-Taylor, and two daughters.
Lord Grantchester married Susan Mary Allen in 2014 in a private ceremony.
Littlewoods
Lord Grantchester is the grandson of John Moores, and his mother is nominal head of the Moores family, founders of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing businesses. Lord Grantchester is a former director of Littlewoods. He is ranked 85th in the Sunday Times 2015 rich list with a net worth of £1,200m.
Football
He was a director of his favoured football team, Everton. He has frequently been listed in the FourFourTwo rich list as a result of his shareholding. As of December 2015, he owned 8.5% of the club. He left the Everton board in December 2000. He is a Trustee of The Foundation for Sport and the Arts. He is also a trustee of the David France Collection, the world's largest club specific football memorabilia collection.
Dairy farming
Lord Grantchester runs a dairy farm near Crewe, Cheshire. He is chairman of the South West Cheshire Dairy Association, a Council Member of both the Cheshire Agricultural Society and of the Royal Agricultural Society.
Lord Grantchester was the chairman of one of the UK's largest milk and cheese businesses, Dairy Farmers of Britain, accounting for 10% of the UK milk market, when it entered receivership in June 2009.
House of Lords
In 1995, he succeeded to his father's title. He replaced the deceased Lord Milner of Leeds as one of the 92 hereditary peers remaining in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 after defeating Viscount Hanworth by two votes to one in a by-election for the Labour seat in October 2003.