John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester
Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester (known as John Grantchester; 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. 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. , he owned 8.5% of the club. 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. 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. He is a member of Labour Friends of Israel. 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.