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Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri

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The Lord Suri
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
11 September 2014
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1935-02-10) 10 February 1935 (age 89)

Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri (born 10 February 1935)[1] is a Conservative life peer in the United Kingdom's House of Lords, nominated in 2014.[2] He is a businessman and formerly the general secretary of the Board of British Sikhs.[3] He was made a Life Peer by Queen Elizabeth II on 15 September 2014, as the Baron Suri, of Ealing in the London Borough of Ealing.[4]

Political donations

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Suri donated £300,000 to the Conservative Party between 2004 and 2014.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "MyParliament - Biography for Lord Suri". myparliament.info. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ "'King of Bling' Ranbir Singh Suri now a peer in Britain's House of Lords - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "BBC News - Karren Brady and Sir Stuart Rose among new life peers". Bbc.co.uk. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. ^ "No. 60989". The London Gazette. 16 September 2014. p. 17978.
  5. ^ "Labour demands answers over Tory donor Ranbir Singh Suri's peerage". The Independent. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Suri
Followed by