Tim Sainsbury

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Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury, known as Tim Sainsbury, (born June 11, 1932), educated at Worcester College, Oxford, is a politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.

The Sainsbury family of which he is a member owns at least 16% of the Sainsbury supermarket chain. Timothy Sainsbury was a member of the board from 1962 to 1983. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Hove from 1973 to 1997, and served as a junior minister.

He has two daughters, Camilla (born 1962) and Jessica (born 1970) and two sons James (born 1962)and Alexander (born 1968). Camilla is married to Shaun Woodward(an MP who defected from the Tories to Labour and is a patron of the Tory Reform Group. Jessica is married to Prince Peter de Frankopan Subic Zrinski.

Preceded by
Martin Maddan
Member of Parliament for Hove
1973–1997
Succeeded by
Ivor Caplin
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