John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton (born 17 April 1975), is an English peer, landowner and farmer.
Lord Gretton was born in 1975, the only son of
John Gretton
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, (1 September 1867 – 2 June 1947) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.
Life and career
Gretton was the eldest son of John Gretton of St ...
, later 3rd Baron, and his wife
Jennifer Ann (née Moore), later Lady Gretton. He was educated at
Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13 –18) in Shrewsbury.
Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter, it was originally a boarding school for boys; girls have been admitted into the ...
and
RAC Cirencester
;(from Virgil's Georgics)"Caring for the Fieldsand the Beasts"
, established = 2013 - University status – College
, type = Public
, president = King Charles
, vice_chancellor = Peter McCaffery
, students ...
. He succeeded his father as Baron Gretton on his father's death in 1989, whilst still farming at Somerby House, Leicestershire. The
House of Lords Act 1999 removed the right of hereditary peers to sit in the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...
; so far Baron Gretton has not been one of the peers elected to be excepted from this either in the
initial elections or any
subsequent by elections.
Arms
References
* 'GRETTON’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 201
accessed 11 Feb 2013
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Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Living people
1975 births
People from Leicestershire
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