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Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger (born 23 February 1959, Scotland) 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.
He was educated at Wellesley House, Broadstairs, Millfield School, Somerset and South Scotland Agricultural College. Before entering parliament he ran a 250 acre farm in the Scottish Borders. He became a company director in Newcastle of his family holdings in the City. Ian 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. He was also an adviser to the Ministry of Defence. In the 1997 general election Liddell-Grainger contested Torridge and West Devon, where he achieved one of the best results for his party in the election.
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 325th in the line of succession to the British throne. He is also a great-grandson of the 12th Earl of Lindsey.
Ian is on the Public Administration Committee in the House of Commons. He is also responsible for getting Herceptin widely used in the United Kingdom, his interests include the economy, constitutional affairs and Rural matters. Ian was on the DEFRA select committee and the Scottish Committee. Ian was also on the Defence Team and the Scottish Team and was involved in helping coordinate the level of Regulation in the United Kingdom. He was also on the all Parliamentary Radio Group and the Pharmaceutical Group. He is also in the All Parliamentary Armed Forces Scheme with the Royal Air Force.
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
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