Alastair Colin Leckie Campbell, 4th Baron Colgrain, DL (born 16 September 1951), is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
The Lord Colgrain | |
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 Official parliamentary portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as an elected hereditary peer 27 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Baron Lyell |
| Succeeded by | in office |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alastair Colin Leckie Campbell 16 September 1951 Sevenoaks, Kent, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Annabel Warrender (m. 1979) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
After attending Eton College, he went up to read English at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating as MA.[1] Starting his career in the City with J Henry Schroder Wagg, he joined the Welbeck Group as a financial services headhunter in 1985. Taken over by the Whitney Group 1991, he was promoted Managing Director, CEO becoming its Vice-President (Europe) in 1999.[2] Since 2008, he has been a partner running the Campbell family estate in the Weald of Kent[3] and served as High Sheriff of Kent for 2013/14, before being appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent in 2017.[4]
Lord Colgrain was elected to sit in the Upper House at a whole House by-election in March 2017,[5] in place of Lord Lyell who died on 11 January 2017.[6]
Family
editDescended from a cadet branch of the Campbells, Earls of Breadalbane, his great-grandfather, the Scottish banker Colin Campbell, was created Baron Colgrain in 1946. He succeeded to the family title upon his father's death in 2008.
In 1979 he married, Annabel Rose, younger daughter of the Hon. Robin Warrender. Lord and Lady Colgrain have two sons:
- Hon. Thomas David Colin Campbell (born 1984), married 2016 Jessica Cator, having:
- Charles Victor Swinton Campbell (born 2020);
- Hon. Nicholas Robin Campbell (born 1986), married 2022 Kelly Frye.[7]
His wife, the Lady Colgrain, serves as Lord Lieutenant of Kent since 2020.[8]
See also
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References
edit- ^ ‘COLGRAIN’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
- ^ www.websterpartners.com
- ^ www.everlandsestate.com
- ^ "Experience for Lord Colgrain". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ www.bbc.co.uk
- ^ "Hereditary peers' by-election, March 2017: result" (PDF). House of Lords. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
- ^ "The Lady Colgrain". The Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage. 1949.
