Sebastian Grigg, 4th Baron Altrincham

Edward Sebastian Grigg, 4th Baron Altrincham (born 18 December 1965) is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and was a member of the Bullingdon Club along with David Cameron and Boris Johnson, appearing in a well-known 1987 photograph of the club's members.[1][2][3] He worked for Goldman Sachs.[4]

The Right Honourable
The Lord Altrincham
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
23 June 2021
By-election23 June 2021
Preceded byThe 3rd Baron Selsdon
Personal details
Born (1965-12-18) 18 December 1965
Political partyConservative
SpouseRachel Kelly
Awards Hereditary peer

He is married to Rachel Kelly whose memoir Black Rainbow was published in 2014. He wrote about his family's experience with depression in the Evening Standard.[5]

He unsuccessfully stood for the House of Commons for Heywood and Middleton constituency in 1997.[6] He became head of investment banking at Credit Suisse UK in 2007.[2] He advised HM Treasury on the recapitalisations of the Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Lloyds in October 2008 as part of a Credit Suisse team working from a makeshift office in one of the Treasury's corridors.[7] He is a non-executive director of The Co-operative Bank.[8]

Lord Altrincham was elected as a member of the House of Lords in June 2021 in a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election.[9] He took the oath on 1 July 2021.[10] He made his maiden speech on 13 October 2021, talking about his wife's depression, working as a banker, standing for Parliament in 1997 and his family's history. His elder son Edward is heir to the Baroncy.

References
  1. "Cameron's cronies: The Bullingdon Club's class of '87". The Independent. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. "Who are the investment bankers at the heart of the biggest media deals?". The Guardian. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. "Peer Support". Private Eye. No. 1552. 23 July 2021. p. 13.
  4. "Goldman banker close to departure". ft.com. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
  5. "Nothing prepared me for you screaming 'We are going to crash, we are going to crash'". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  6. "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election to elect three members" (PDF). House of Lords. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. "Credit Suisse hatches plan from table in Treasury corridor". Financial Times. 14 October 2008.
  8. "Co-op Bank shareholders shake up board after failed Cerberus bid". news.sky.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  9. "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, June 2021: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. "House of Lords: Oath". UK Parliament. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.


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