John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester

The Right Honourable

The Lord Grantchester
The Right Honourable; The Lord Grantchester
Born	8 April 1951 (age 70)
Occupation	Dairy farmer, Politician
Known for	Former Everton F.C. director
Political party	Labour

Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester (known as John Grantchester;^[1] born 8 April 1951) is a British peer and Labour politician.

Early 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 Bachelor of Science in economics.

Business and charitable interests[]

Littlewoods[]

Lord Grantchester is the grandson of John Moores, and his mother was nominal head of the Moores family until her death in 2019, 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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, and a Council Member of both the Cheshire Agricultural Society and 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.^[4]^[5]

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.^[6] He is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.^[7]

Under the leadership of Ed Miliband, he was an Opposition Whip from 8 October 2010 to 18 September 2015. He is currently a Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a position he has held since 1 July 2014.

References[]

"DodOnline". Archived from the original on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2006.

^ Labour Lords — John Grantchester (Retrieved 18 September 2015)
^ Siddle, John (26 April 2015). "Sunday Times Rich List 2015 reveals Merseyside's wealthiest people". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 March 2016. High on the list is Everton FC shareholder Lord Grantchester, and the Moores family, at number 85 with a wealth of £1.2bn
^ Traynor, Luke (23 December 2015). "Everton takeover: Who currently owns the shares at Everton?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 March 2016. Lord Grantchester, the grandson of Sir John Moores, has 2,773 shares (8.5%)
^ Boyle, Catherine (4 June 2009). "Dairy Farmer of Britain calls in receivers". The Times. London. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
^ "Dairy Farmers enters receivership". BBC News Online. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2016. "What is most important now is that the supply chain is maintained through to our consumers, that jobs are saved, and that there is a home for our members' milk," said Lord Grantchester, chairman of DFOB.
^ "Three elect peer in Lords byelection". The Guardian. London. Press Association. 30 October 2003. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "LFI Supporters in Parliament". Labour Friends of Israel. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by	Baron Grantchester 1995–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Jesse Suenson-Taylor
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Milner of Leeds	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under of the House of Lords Act 1999 2003–present	Incumbent

[1] Labour Lords — John Grantchester (Retrieved 18 September 2015)

[2] Siddle, John (26 April 2015). "Sunday Times Rich List 2015 reveals Merseyside's wealthiest people". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 March 2016. High on the list is Everton FC shareholder Lord Grantchester, and the Moores family, at number 85 with a wealth of £1.2bn

[3] Traynor, Luke (23 December 2015). "Everton takeover: Who currently owns the shares at Everton?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 March 2016. Lord Grantchester, the grandson of Sir John Moores, has 2,773 shares (8.5%)

[4] Boyle, Catherine (4 June 2009). "Dairy Farmer of Britain calls in receivers". The Times. London. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

[5] "Dairy Farmers enters receivership". BBC News Online. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2016. "What is most important now is that the supply chain is maintained through to our consumers, that jobs are saved, and that there is a home for our members' milk," said Lord Grantchester, chairman of DFOB.

[guardian-3-elect-peer-2003-6] "Three elect peer in Lords byelection". The Guardian. London. Press Association. 30 October 2003. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[7] "LFI Supporters in Parliament". Labour Friends of Israel. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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