James Roger Crompton Lupton, Baron Lupton, (born 15 June 1955) is a former Chairman of Greenhill Europe and Co-Treasurer of the Conservative Party, having donated circa £3.3 million to the party. He was created a

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taking the title Baron Lupton, of Lovington in the County of Hampshire on 6 October 2015. He was educated at Sedbergh School and

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. He was previously Deputy Chairman of

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International Ltd until the bank collapsed in 1995. Lupton was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the

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. In 2016, then prime minister

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re-appointed Lupton to the board of the British Museum for a further four-year term, ending 11 June 2020. Since July 2019, Lupton has sat in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated peer. However, he reportedly votes with the Conservative party bloc. He is estimated to be worth £130 million. Lupton is also a member of Brooks's and the London Capital Club.

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