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| − | Lady Grantchester, '''Betty Suenson-Taylor''' (née Betty Moores) is the head of the Moores family and the | + | Lady Grantchester, '''Betty Suenson-Taylor''' (née Betty Moores) is the head of the Moores family and the 84-year-old daughter of Sir [[John Moores]], founder of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing businesses. |
She married [[Kenneth Bent Suenson-Taylor]], 2nd Baron Grantchester on 12 April 1947. As a result of her marriage, Betty Moores was styled as Baroness Grantchester on 2 July 1976. <ref name="Peerage"> [http://thepeerage.com/p42543.htm Betty Moores], The Peerage, accessed 3 April 2012 </ref> | She married [[Kenneth Bent Suenson-Taylor]], 2nd Baron Grantchester on 12 April 1947. As a result of her marriage, Betty Moores was styled as Baroness Grantchester on 2 July 1976. <ref name="Peerage"> [http://thepeerage.com/p42543.htm Betty Moores], The Peerage, accessed 3 April 2012 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 3 April 2012
Lady Grantchester, Betty Suenson-Taylor (née Betty Moores) is the head of the Moores family and the 84-year-old daughter of Sir John Moores, founder of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing businesses.
She married Kenneth Bent Suenson-Taylor, 2nd Baron Grantchester on 12 April 1947. As a result of her marriage, Betty Moores was styled as Baroness Grantchester on 2 July 1976. [1]
She was director of Littlewoods between 1977 and 1997.[1] The family started to sell off stores in 1998 and the pools business in 2000; those proceeds and past dividends are worth £445m. Another windfall came in 2002 when the mail order business was sold to the Barclay brothers for £750m.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Betty Moores, The Peerage, accessed 3 April 2012
