The Right Honourable The Lord Grabiner |
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Grabiner c. 2000
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Master of Clare College, Cambridge | |
Assumed office October 2014 |
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Preceded by | Tony Badger |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Assumed office 26 July 1999 |
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Chair of the Governors of the London School of Economics | |
In office 1998–2007 |
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Succeeded by | Peter Sutherland |
Personal details | |
Born |
Anthony Stephen Grabiner 21 March 1945 |
Political party | Labour |
Other political affiliations |
Non-affiliated (since October 2015) |
Education | Central Foundation Boys' School |
Alma mater |
London School of Economics Lincoln's Inn |
Anthony Stephen Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, QC (born 21 March 1945) is a British barrister, academic administrator, and life peer. He is head of chambers at One Essex Court, a leading set of commercial barristers in the Temple, and was the Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn for 2013. Since 2014, he has been the Master of Clare College, Cambridge, and since 2015, he has served as the President of the University of Law. Grabiner was non-executive chairman of Arcadia Group from 2002 to December 2015.
In 1999, he was made a life peer as Baron Grabiner, and sat in the House of Lords on the Labour Party benches. In October 2015, he resigned the Labour whip over the direction the party was taking under Jeremy Corbyn. He now sits in the Lords as a Non-affiliated member but remains a member of the Labour Party.
Grabiner was born on 21 March 1945 to Jewish parents, Ralph Grabiner and Freda Cohen. He was educated in the Central Foundation Boys' School. He studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1966, and with a Master of Laws (LLM) with distinction one year later. He was further educated in Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Bar in 1968.