Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton

Jennifer Ann Gretton, Baroness Gretton DStJ JP DL (born 14 June 1943) is the current Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.[1]

She was born in St Ives, Cornwall, and married John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton. Since her husband's death in 1989, Lady Gretton has run the family's Stapleford Park Estate, in Stapleford, Leicestershire.

Lady Gretton has two children: Hon. Sarah Margaret Gretton (born 1971) who is married with two children; and John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton (born 1975) who is married with one son.

Lady Gretton became a Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 2001, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire on 1 February 2003. She became a Dame of the Order of St John in 2004.

The Gretton family also own the Stapleford Miniature Railway. The 2nd Lord Gretton installed the Stapleford Miniature Railway at Stapleford Park in 1958 which operated until 1982. The railway was mothballed when the park closed, but during the 1990s the FSMR friends supporting group was formed and the railway restored under the stewardship of Lady Gretton who is now president of the FSMR. Lady Gretton became President of LOROS (a charity providing hospice care in Leicestershire) in 1999 with the railway opening twice yearly since 1995 in support of the hospice. Lady Gretton is also President of the Melton Mowbray and District Model Engineering Society.

Lady Gretton has been a Member of the Committee of Somerby Parochial Church Council since 1991, Church Warden of All Saints Church Somerby 1992-1995, and has been a member of the Leicester Cathedral Council since 2003.

In 2008, she was awarded honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Leicester.[2] In 2012, she was awarded the degree Honorary Doctor of Letters by De Montfort University.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "THE LORD-LIEUTENANT Jennifer, Lady Gretton, JP". Leicestershire County Council.
  2. ↑ "Lady Jennifer Ann Gretton, JP (Doctor of Laws - 10 July, 3pm)". University of Leicester.
  3. ↑ "Honorands 2012". De Montfort University.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Timothy Brooks		 Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
2003–present 		Incumbent


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