Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton

Jennifer Ann Gretton, Baroness Gretton, JP (born 14 June 1943) is the current Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.

She was born in St Ives, Cornwall, and married the 3rd Lord Gretton. Since her husband's untimely death in 1989, Lady Gretton has run the family's Stapleford Park Estate, in Stapleford, Leicestershire.

Jennifer, Lady Gretton has two children: Hon. Sarah Margaret Gretton (born 1971) who is married with two children; and John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton (born 1975) who is married with one son.

Jennifer, Lady Gretton became a Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 2001, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire on 1 February 2003. She became a Dame of the Order of St John in 2004.

Jennifer, Lady Gretton is President of the Melton Mowbray and District Model Engineering Society, the 2nd Lord Gretton having installed the Stapleford Miniature Railway at Stapleford Park in 1958. She became President of LOROS (a charity providing hospice care in Leicestershire) in 1999.

External links

* [http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/your_council/about_leicestershire/leicestershire_lieutenancy_index/leicestershire_lieutenancy_lieutenant.htm Lord Lieutenant details] , Leicestershire County Council
* [http://www.leics.gov.uk/lord_lieutenant_biography-2.pdf Lord Lieutenant's biographical details] (PDF)
* [http://www.staplefordpark.com/ Stapleford Park]
* [http://thepeerage.com/p14200.htm#i142000 John Henrik Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton] , thepeerage.com
* [http://www.fsmr.org.uk/ Stapleford miniature railway]
* [http://www.loros.co.uk/ LOROS]