Baron Grantchester, of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1953 for the banker and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician Alfred Suenson-Taylor

Alfred Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester

Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester , was a British banker and Liberal politician.Born Alfred Jesse Taylor, he was the son of Alfred George Taylor of Stowford, Surrey....

. , the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1995. In 2003, he replaced the deceased Lord Milner of Leeds

Michael Milner, 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds

Arthur James Michael Milner, 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds was a British solicitor and Labour politician....

 as one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that are allowed to remain in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999. Lord Grantchester sits on the Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 benches and is interim chairman of Dairy Farmers of Britain

Dairy Farmers of Britain

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. Lord Grantchester is ranked joint 32nd in the Sunday Times 2009 rich list with a net worth of £1,200m.

Barons Grantchester (1953)

• Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester
  Alfred Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester
  Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester , was a British banker and Liberal politician.Born Alfred Jesse Taylor, he was the son of Alfred George Taylor of Stowford, Surrey....
  
   (1893–1976)
• Kenneth Bent Suenson-Taylor, 2nd Baron Grantchester (1921–1995)
• Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester
  Christopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester
  Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester is a British peer and Labour politician.He is the son of the 2nd Baron Grantchester and Lady Grantchester and was educated at Winchester College, where he was in the school football team, and at the London School of Economics, where he...
  
   (b. 1951)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Jesse David Suenson-Taylor (b. 1977)