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The Lord Daresbury | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 9 September 1996 –11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Baron Daresbury |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Gilbert Greenall 8 July 1953 Marylebone,London,England |
| Political party | Conservative [1] |
| Spouse | Clare Alison Weatherby |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College,Cambridge London Business School |
| Profession | Businessman |
Peter Gilbert Greenall,4th Baron Daresbury (born 8 July 1953),is a British aristocrat and businessman associated primarily with horseracing,notably as the chairman of Aintree Racecourse from 1989 to 2014. [2]
Greenall was born on 8 July 1953 in Marylebone,London,the eldest son of Edward Greenall,3rd Baron Daresbury. He was schooled at Eton College before attending Magdalene College,Cambridge,and later the London Business School. 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. [3]
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,Chester. He therefore became a member of the House of Lords,the upper chamber of the British Parliament,sitting as a hereditary peer. Lord Daresbury was removed from the House with the passage and commencement of the House of Lords Act 1999,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,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. [2]
The Lord Daresbury Stand at Aintree is named in his honour.
He is a Deputy Lieutenant of County of Cheshire. [4]
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