The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house,the House of Commons,it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London,England. One of the oldest institutions in the world,its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century.
William Thomas Rodgers,Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank,,is a British politician and life peer. As a Labour Party member of Parliament,he served as Secretary of State for Transport from 1976 to 1979,and was one of the "Gang of Four" of senior Labour politicians who defected to form the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He subsequently helped to lead the SDP into the merger that formed the Liberal Democrats in 1988,and later served as the party's leader in the House of Lords between 1997 and 2001.
John Archibald Sinclair,3rd Viscount Thurso,known also as John Thurso,is a Scottish businessman,Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served in the House of Lords both before and after a period in the House of Commons.
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan,2nd Earl of Stockton,styled as Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden between 1984 and 1986,is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the eldest son of the Conservative politician Maurice Macmillan and grandson of prime minister Harold Macmillan,1st Earl of Stockton.
The House of Lords Act 1999 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords,one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries,the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;the Act removed such a right. However,as part of a compromise,the Act did permit ninety-two hereditary peers to remain in the House. Another ten were created life peers to enable them to remain in the House.
Baron Grantchester,of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 June 1953 for the banker and Liberal politician Alfred Suenson-Taylor. As of 2019,the title is held by his grandson,the third Baron,who succeeded his father in 1995. In 2003,he replaced the deceased Lord Milner of Leeds as one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that are allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. Lord Grantchester sits on the Labour benches.
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil,7th Marquess of Salisbury,Baron Gascoyne-Cecil,,is a British Conservative politician. From 1979 to 1987 he represented South Dorset in the House of Commons,and in the 1990s he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne. Lord Salisbury lives in one of England's largest historic houses,the 17th-century Hatfield House in Hertfordshire,and currently serves as Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.
In the United Kingdom,life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited,in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister. With the exception of the Dukedom of Edinburgh awarded for life to Prince Edward in 2023,all life peerages conferred since 2009 have been created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 with the rank of baron and entitle their holders to sit and vote in the House of Lords,presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable",although they cannot inherit the peerage itself. Prior to 2009,life peers of baronial rank could also be so created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 for senior judges.
Sir John Moores was an English businessman,telegraphist,football club owner,politician and philanthropist,most famous for the founding of the now defunct Littlewoods retail and football pools company. Liverpool John Moores University is named in his honour.
William Kenwright,CBE was an English West End theatre producer and film producer. He was also the chairman of Everton Football Club for nearly two decades,from 2004 until his death in 2023.
Malcolm Newton Shepherd,2nd Baron Shepherd,Baron Shepherd of Spalding,was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
David Richard Moores was a British football executive,chairman of Liverpool F.C. from 1991 to 2007 and later the club's honorary life president.
Sir Peter Moores was a British businessman,art collector and philanthropist who was chairman of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing business in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1980.
Anthony Stephen Grabiner,Baron Grabiner,KC is a British barrister,academic administrator,and life peer. He is head of chambers at One Essex Court,a leading set of commercial barristers in the Temple,and was the Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn for 2013. From 2014 to 2021 he served as the Master of Clare College,Cambridge and,since 2015,he has served as the President of the University of Law. Grabiner was non-executive chairman of Taveta Investments Ltd,the holding company of Sir Philip Green behind Arcadia Group from 2002 to December 2015.
Anthony Maurice Gifford,6th Baron Gifford,KC,is a British hereditary peer and King’s Counsel. He inherited the title of Baron Gifford on the death of his father,the 5th Baron,in April 1961.
John Charles Dodson,3rd Baron Monk Bretton DL was a British agriculturist,Sussex landowner,and hereditary peer who was a long–serving member of the House of Lords from 1948 to 1999.
Christopher Robin Haskins,Baron Haskins is an Irish businessman,life peer,and former member of the British Labour Party.
Sir Philip David Carter,CBE was a Scottish-born football director,life president of Everton Football Club and former director of Littlewoods.
John Moores Jr.,CBE,DL,was a British businessman,farmer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of businessman Sir John Moores CBE who founded the Littlewoods company. He became Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the family firm in 1968. John Moores also served as 2nd Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 1994,after previously serving as the university's First Pro-Chancellor and chairman of the board of Governors from 1992.
