Peter Gilbert Greenall, 4th Baron Daresbury (born 8 July 1953), is a British aristocrat and businessman associated primarily with

horseracing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...

, notably as the chairman of

Aintree Racecourse Aintree Racecourse is a horse racing, racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England, near to Liverpool. The racecourse is the venue for the Grand National steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase, which takes place annually in April over three da ...

from 1989 to 2014.

Life and career

Greenall was born on 8 July 1953 in

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, London, the eldest son of Edward Greenall, 3rd Baron Daresbury. He was schooled at

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before attending

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, and later the

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. From 1982 he was a director, and from 1992 to 1997 managing director, of the family business, Greenall's, as it evolved from a diversified brewery into De Vere; after serving as chief executive from 1997 and chairman from 2000, he left DeVere in 2006 when the company was sold. Upon the death of his father on 9 September 1996, Greenall succeeded to the peerage as the 4th Baron Daresbury, also succeeding as 5th Baronet Greenall, of Walton,

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. He therefore became a member of the

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, the upper chamber of the

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, sitting as a

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. Lord Daresbury was removed from the House with the passage and commencement of the

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, which removed the right of all but ninety-two hereditary peers to sit; Daresbury was not one of the remaining minority. A keen horseracing enthusiast, and himself a rider, Daresbury was appointed to the chairmanship of Aintree, home of the

Grand National The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England. First run in 1839, it ...

, Britain's richest horserace, in 1989 at the age of 35. Under his stewardship prize money for the race rose from £118,000 to £1,000,000. All four of his sons have also been jockeys. He retired in 2014. The Lord Daresbury Stand at Aintree is named in his honour. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of County of

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Daresbury Daresbury is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 246. History The name means "Deor's fortification", derived from an Old English personal name and the word ''burh' ...

British hospitality businesspeople