Sir Peter Moores CBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
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(born 9 April 1932) is a British businessman, art collector and philanthropist, a former chairman of the
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-based
LittlewoodsLittlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970's. In 1981, it expanded to a call center, processing orders via telephone. At its...
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and retailing business in the
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He was briefly the Chairman of Everton Football Club.
His father,
Sir John MooresSir John Moores CBE was a British businessman and philanthropist.-Littlewoods Business Empire:John Moores was born into a working-class family in Eccles, near Salford, Lancashire on 25 January 1896. He was one of eight children and the eldest of four sons...
, was the founder of the company, though the family no longer owns it. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 the Moores' family wealth was estimated at £1,160m. He has given over £93 million to charity.
His elder sister
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(née Betty Moores), the widow of
Kenneth Bent Suenson-Taylor, 2nd Baron Grantchester (1921–1995)Baron Grantchester, of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1953 for the banker and Liberal politician Alfred Suenson-Taylor. As of 2009 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1995...
is the nominal head of the family.
Peter Moores was educated at
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and
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,
At the age of 32 in 1964, he set up a charitable foundation to further his interests, particularly in music and the visual arts, but also in education, health, social and environmental projects.
He gained an international reputation for the Peter Moores biennial contemporary art exhibitions held at the
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in Liverpool from 1971 to 1986.
In 1993 his Peter Moores Foundation bought
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in
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, and in March 2004 opened a
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in which varied art collections and temporary exhibitions are presented.
He sponsors the
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classical music label, and is also active in charitable projects in
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