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David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, FRS, HonFREng (born 24 October 1940), is a British businessperson and politician. From 1992 to 1997, he served as the Chair of Sainsbury's, the supermarket chain established by his great-grandfather John James Sainsbury in 1869. He was made a life peer in 1997, and currently sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Labour Party. He served in the government as the Minister for Science and Innovation from 1998 and 2006. He is a major donor to the University of Cambridge and in 2011 was elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.〔http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/3859〕 ==Early and private life== He is the son of Sir Robert Sainsbury and Lisa van den Bergh. His elder sister was Elizabeth (married name Clark, 19 July 1938 – 14 August 1977) and his younger sisters are Celia and Annabel. He is the nephew of Lord Sainsbury. His cousins are the Conservative peer Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, Simon Sainsbury, and former Tory MP Sir Tim Sainsbury. His great-grandparents, John James Sainsbury and Mary Ann Staples, established a grocer's at 173 Drury Lane in 1869 which became the British supermarket chain Sainsbury's. He attended Eton College before going on to the University of Cambridge, where he earned a degree in History and Psychology at King's College. He then completed an MBA at Columbia Business School in the United States. He and his wife, Susan Carol "Susie" (née Reid) a former teacher, have three daughters. He lives in the Manor of Turville in Turville, Buckinghamshire. The Manor once belonged to the abbey at St Albans, but was seized by the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547. The manor house has since been rebuilt as Turville Park, a fine stately home in the village. He was also appointed as a Honorary Fellow〔 of the Royal Academy of Engineering〔 in 1994. He was made a life peer as Baron Sainsbury of Turville in the County of Buckinghamshire in 1997, following the Labour Party's election victory. In 2007, he was awarded an honorary degree in science by University College London and in 2008 an honorary degree in science by the University of Bath. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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