Christopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester

Christopher Suenson-Taylor Lord Grantchester
Born	April 8, 1951 (1951-04-08) (age 60)
Residence	Crewe
Occupation	Dairy farmer, Politician
Known for	Former Everton F.C. director
Political party	Labour

Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester (born 8 April 1951) is a British peer and Labour politician.

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 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. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 the Moores' family wealth was estimated at £1,200m. In 1995, he succeeded to his father's title.

Lord Grantchester is a former director of Littlewoods and of his favoured football team Everton F.C. He has frequently been listed in the FourFourTwo rich list because he owns 8% of Everton. He left the Everton board in December 2000.

He also a Council Member of the Cheshire Agricultural Society and the Royal Agricultural Society, and further 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.

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, as at the time of its receivership on 3 June 2009.^[1]

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.

Lord Grantchester married Jacqueline Jaffé in 1973; they have two sons, including his heir apparent Jesse David Suenson-Taylor, and two daughters.

See also

• List of hereditary peers elected to sit in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999

References

• "DodOnline". http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26826. Retrieved 2006-12-13. 

1. ^ Boyle, Catherine (4 June 2009). "Dairy Farmer of Britain calls in receivers". The Times (London). http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article6425355.ece. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Kenneth Suenson-Taylor	Baron Grantchester 1995–present	Succeeded by (current incumbent)