Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner
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Anthony Stephen Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, KC (born 21 March 1945)[1] 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,[2] and was the Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn for 2013.[3] 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.
The Lord Grabiner | |
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Master of Clare College, Cambridge | |
In office October 2014 – October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Tony Badger |
Succeeded by | Loretta Minghella |
Chair of the Governors of the London School of Economics | |
In office 1998–2007 | |
Succeeded by | Peter Sutherland |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 26 July 1999 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Anthony Stephen Grabiner (1945-03-21) 21 March 1945 (age 79) |
Political party | Parliamentary affiliation: Crossbench (2016–present) Non-affiliated (2015–2016) Labour (1999–2015) Party membership: Labour (since 1999) |
Education | Central Foundation Boys' School |
Alma mater | London School of Economics Lincoln's Inn |
In 1999, he was made a life peer as Baron Grabiner, and sat in the House of Lords on the Labour Party benches. In October 2015, he resigned the Labour whip over the direction the party was taking under Jeremy Corbyn. He sat in the Lords as a non-affiliated member and now crossbench peer, but remains a member of the Labour Party.