Alfred Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester
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The Lord Grantchester | |
|---|---|
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| Treasurer of the Liberal Party | |
| In office 1953–1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alfred Jesse Taylor 14 August 1893 |
| Died | 2 July 1976 (aged 82) |
| Relations | Charles Taylor (brother) |
Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester (14 August 1893 – 2 July 1976) was a British banker, Liberal politician and a neo-liberal activist.
Born Alfred Jesse Taylor, he was the son of Alfred George Taylor of Stowford, Surrey. His younger brother was Charles Taylor. He was educated at Epsom College and King's College, Cambridge, and served at Gallipoli and in France during the First World War, reaching the rank of Major.[1]
He stood for parliament as a Liberal Party candidate four times. He was unsuccessful on each occasion:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Hon. Esmond Cecil Harmsworth | 16,116 | 61.2 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 10,226 | 38.8 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 22.4 | +6.6 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Viscount Wolmer | 9,131 | |||
| Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 6,315 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | James Augustus Grant | 16,448 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Goodere | 15,033 | |||
| Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 5,647 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Harold Harington Balfour | 22,595 | 52.9 | ||
| Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 15,648 | 36.6 | ||
| Labour | E J Plaisted | 4,490 | 10.5 | ||
| Majority | 6,947 | 16.3 | |||
| Turnout | 73.3 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
In 1947 Suenson-Taylor played a significant role in gaining Bank of England support for the emergent Mont Pelerin Society.[6]: 84 He was later President of the London Liberal Party. On 30 June 1953, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Grantchester, of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster.[7] Grantchester served as Chairman of the London and Manchester Assurance Company from 1953 to 1961, as Joint Honorary Treasurer of the Liberal Party Organisation from 1953 to 1962 and as President of the Society for Individual Freedom. He also initiated the unofficial meetings of the EFTA parliamentarians at Strasbourg and was a Delegate to the Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union.
