Christopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester

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Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester (born 8 April 1951) is a British peer and Labour politician.

He is the son of the 2nd Baron Grantchester and Lady Grantchester (née Betty Moores) and was educated at Winchester College and at the London School of Economics, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in economics. Suenson-Taylor is the grandson of John Moores and his mother is nominal head of the Moores family, founders of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing businesses. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 the Moores' family wealth was estimated at £1,200m. In 1995, he succeeded to his father's title.

Lord Grantchester is a former director of Littlewoods and of his favoured football team Everton F.C. He is also a Council Member of the Cheshire Agricultural Society and the Royal Agricultural Society, and further a Trustee of The Foundation for Sport and the Arts. As one of the 92 hereditary peers remaining in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 as "representative peers", he replaced the deceased 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds following an election by the hereditary peerage in 2003. Unlike most wealthy herditary peers, who tend to be quite right-wing and so are members of the Conservative Party or Liberal Democrat Party, Lord Grantchester sits for Labour

Since 1973, Lord Grantchester has been married to Jacqueline Jaffé; they have two sons, including his heir apparent Jesse David Suenson-Taylor, and two daughters.

Lord Grantchester is a trustee of the David France Collection, the world's largest club specific football memorabilia collection.