John Gregson, Baron Gregson
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Lord John Gregson, Baron Gregson of Stockport DL
(29 January 1924 – 12 August 2009) was a British politician. He was a member of the Labour Party
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Lord Gregson was a scientific industrialist by training who became managing director of Fairey plc after joining the company as a fifteen year old school boy.
Lord Gregson was created a life peer in 1975 as Baron Gregson, of Stockport in the County of Greater Manchester and served as Chairman of the
Science and Technology Select Committee
in the House of Lords
for many years. He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester
in 1979. From 1996 he was Treasurer of the Built Environment Group and was Honorary Life President of the Labour Finance and Industry Group.
After a trip to a London bookstore, Lord Gregson tripped and fell which resutled in a broken leg. Following complications he died in hospital on 12 August 2009. He was 85 years of age. Lord Gregson's funeral was held at St George's Church in Stockport with an additional memorial service in the Houses of Parliament in early 2010.
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
(29 January 1924 – 12 August 2009) was a British politician. He was a member of the Labour Party
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...
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Life
Born John Gregson in 1924 in the Bradford district of Manchester, in the shadow of the Crossley Motor car company where his father worked, John grew up in Heaton Chapel, at the time a working class suburb of Stockport, close to the National Aircraft Factory Number 2, better known as Faireys.Lord Gregson was a scientific industrialist by training who became managing director of Fairey plc after joining the company as a fifteen year old school boy.
Lord Gregson was created a life peer in 1975 as Baron Gregson, of Stockport in the County of Greater Manchester and served as Chairman of the
Science and Technology Select Committee
Science and Technology Committee (House of Lords)
The Science and Technology Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a broad remit "to consider science and technology".-Membership:As of 27 October, the members of the committee are as follows:...
in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
for many years. He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
in 1979. From 1996 he was Treasurer of the Built Environment Group and was Honorary Life President of the Labour Finance and Industry Group.
After a trip to a London bookstore, Lord Gregson tripped and fell which resutled in a broken leg. Following complications he died in hospital on 12 August 2009. He was 85 years of age. Lord Gregson's funeral was held at St George's Church in Stockport with an additional memorial service in the Houses of Parliament in early 2010.
Sources
- LORD GREGSON (Hansard, 23 July 1975)
- Death Announcement from The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
External links
- Lord Gregson - Daily Telegraph obituary