Ian Liddell-Grainger

Ian Liddell-Grainger MP
Member of Parliament
for Bridgwater and West Somerset
Bridgwater (2001-2010)
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 June 2001
Preceded by Tom King
Majority 9,249 (17%)
Personal details
Born 23 February 1959 (1959-02-23) (age 52)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Jill Nesbit
Website www.liddellgrainger.org.uk

Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger (born 23 February 1959) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgwater between the 2001 general election, when he succeeded Tom King, and 2010, when the constituency underwent boundary changes, and became Bridgwater and West Somerset.

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Early life

Liddell-Grainger was born in Edinburgh to Anne Liddell-Grainger and David Liddell-Grainger and educated at Wellesley House in Kent and Millfield School in Somerset, then South Scotland Agricultural College in Edinburgh, gaining a National Certificate of Agriculture. Before entering Parliament he ran a 250-acre (1.0 km2) farm in the Scottish Borders from 1980-5 and later became a company director in Newcastle of his family holdings in the City. He was also a Major in the Territorial Army with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, commanding the machine-gun Platoon and then X Company of the Battalion in Newcastle upon Tyne and an adviser to the Ministry of Defence. In the 1997 general election Liddell-Grainger contested Torridge and West Devon, where he came second to the Liberal Democrat candidate John Burnett.

Parliamentary career

Liddell-Grainger is on the Public Administration Committee and the Environmental Audit Committee in the House of Commons. He is also a member of the All Parliamentary Armed Forces Scheme with the Royal Air Force. Liddell-Grainger was previously on the DEFRA select committee and the Scottish Committee as well the Crossrail Bill. He is also on the all Parliamentary Radio Group and the Pharmaceutical Group. Liddell-Grainger is Chairman of the All party Tax group. He is also a member of the Cornerstone Group, a ginger group within the Conservative Party, which seeks to promote socially conservative values. His interests include the economy, constitutional affairs, rural matters and he has also spoken out in favour of making Herceptin available for early-stage breast cancer sufferers.

He claimed a total of £166,109 in expenses, including for office, staffing and travelling costs in 2007-2008, on top of the annual salary awarded to MPs which increased towards the end of 2007 to £61,820.[1]

Liddell-Grainger has registered his wife and two eldest children as employees.

Personal life

Liddell-Grainger is a great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria, as his great-grandmother was Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and he is thus 339th in the line of succession to the British Throne. He is also a great-grandson of the 12th Earl of Lindsey. He is the Scottish feudal baron of Ayton, Scottish Borders, and proprietor of Ayton Castle, which is open to the public.

Liddell-Grainger has been married since 31 October 1985 to the former Jill Nesbit (born 9 March 1956) and they have three children: Peter Richard (born 6 May 1987), Sophie Victoria (born 27 December 1988), and May Alexandra (born 9 September 1992).

Liddell-Grainger has registered his wife and two eldest children as employees.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Ian Liddell-Grainger: in brief". Thisissomerset.co.uk. 12 May, 2009. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/clevedon/news/Undefined-Headline/article-985451-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Tom King		 Member of Parliament for Bridgwater
2001–present		 Incumbent
British royalty
Preceded by
Anne Liddell-Grainger		 Line of succession to the British throne Succeeded by
Peter Liddell-Grainger