John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover

British businessman (born 1927)

John Davan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, KG (2 November 1927 – 14 January 2022) was a British businessman and politician. He was the President of Sainsbury's. He was a member of the House of Lords as a life peer and member of the Conservative Party.


The Lord Sainsbury
of Preston Candover

Lord Sainsbury in the robes of a Knight of the Garter
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
31 January 1989 – 14 January 2022
as a life peer
Personal details
Born
John Davan Sainsbury

(1927-11-02)2 November 1927
Died14 January 2022(2022-01-14) (aged 94)
Political partyConservative
RelationsRobert Sainsbury (uncle)
ParentsAlan Sainsbury
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
Known forbusinessman, politician and peer
Net worth£1.3 billion[1]

He became a Knight of the Garter in 1992.[2]

Sainsbury died on 14 January 2022, at the age of 94.[3]

References change

  1. "Lord Sainsbury and family". Sunday Times Rich List 2008. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  2. "No. 52903". The London Gazette. 24 April 1992. p. 7175.
  3. Sainsbury’s statement: Death of Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover