Baron Gridley, of Stockport in the County Palatine of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1955 for the Conservative

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 politician Sir Arnold Gridley

Arnold Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley

Arnold Babb Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley KBE , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament .Gridley was the son of Edward Gridley of Abbey Dore in Herefordshire. He worked as a consulting engineer but later turned to politics...

, who had earlier represented Stockport

Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Stockport South

Stockport South (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1996.

The present Lord Gridley is married to Marie, Lady Gridley, and they live in Hampshire.

Barons Gridley (1955)

• Arnold Babb Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley
  Arnold Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley
  Arnold Babb Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley KBE , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament .Gridley was the son of Edward Gridley of Abbey Dore in Herefordshire. He worked as a consulting engineer but later turned to politics...
  
  (1878–1965)
• Arnold Hudson Gridley, 2nd Baron Gridley (1906–1996)
• Richard David Arnold Gridley, 3rd Baron Gridley (born 1956)