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Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (15 March 1936 – 13 April 2010) was a British television executive and Labour member of the House of Lords.

Life

Descended from Latvian Jewish immigrants and educated at Stowe School then St John's College, Cambridge, Bernstein joined the Granada Group, the leisure and television company founded by his uncle, Sidney, and his father, Cecil Bernstein. He was a director of the company, managing director of Granada Television in the 1970s, and chairman of Granada Group 1979–96.

Bernstein was a major contributor to the Labour Leader's Office Fund run by Lord Levy to finance Tony Blair's private office. Created a life peer as Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, of Craigweil in the County of West Sussex, on 15 May 2000, he was active in the Arts, serving on several governing bodies and trusts.

He married Vanessa Anne Mills in 1962; they had a son and a daughter, and divorced in 1993. In 1995, he married Angela Mary née Beveridge, formerly wife of Sir Nicholas Serota.

See also

• Baron Bernstein

References

1. Jessica Elgot "Labour peer Lord Bernstein dies", The Jewish Chronicle (website), 13 April 2010
2. ^ Obituary: Lord Bernstein of Craigweil, Daily Telegraph (website), 18 April 2010
3. "No. 55859". The London Gazette. 26 May 2000. p. 5821.
4. David Osler "Taking It On Trust" Archived 23 December 2012 at archive.today,What Next? no.25, 2003

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