Ian Liddell-Grainger MP
Member of Parliament for Bridgwater
Incumbent
Assumed office  7 June 2001
Preceded by	Tom King
Majority	8,469 (17.6%)
Born	23 February 1959 (1959-02-23) (age 50) Edinburgh
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Jill Nesbit

Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, Baron of Ayton (born 23 February 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bridgwater since the 2001 general election, when he succeeded Tom King.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Parliamentary career 3 Personal life 4 Ancestry 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Liddell-Grainger was born in Edinburgh 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 323rd in the line of succession to the British Throne. He is also a great-grandson of the 12th Earl of Lindsey.

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 holds the Barony of Ayton in Berwickshire which he acquired in 2007. He is thus Ian Liddell-Granger, Baron of Ayton.

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Ian Liddell-Grainger

16. Edward Liddell               8. Henry Liddell-Grainger                       17. Ann Amelia Grainger               4. Henry Hubert Liddell-Grainger                             9. Jane Sharp                       2. David Liddell-Grainger                                   20. Montague Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey               10. Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey                       21. Felicia Elizabetha Welby               5. Muriel Bertie                             22. James Charles Cox               11. Millicent Cox                       23. Margaret Wharton               1. Ian Liddell-Grainger                                         24. Henry Abel Smith               12. Francis Abel Smith                       25. Elizabeth Mary Pym               6. Henry Abel Smith                             26. Henry Seymour               13. Madeline St. Maur Seymour                       27. Susannah Biscoe Tritton               3. Anne Abel Smith                                   28. Francis, Duke of Teck               14. Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone                       29. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge               7. May Cambridge                             30. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany               15. Princess Alice of Albany                       31. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

[edit] External links

• Ian Liddell Grainger MP official site
• Ian Liddell Grainger MP biography at the site of the Conservative Party
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ian Liddell-Grainger MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Ian Liddell-Grainger MP
• The Public Whip - Ian Liddell-Grainger MP voting record
• BBC News - Ian Liddell-Grainger BBC profile

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