11 Facts About Ian Greer

Ian Bramwell Greer was a British political lobbyist whose career was affected by the cash-for-questions affair.

Ian Bramwell Greer was born on 5 June 1933, the son of Salvation Army parents.

Ian Greer was educated at Cranbrook College, Essex, and Victoria School, Glasgow.

At the age of 24, Greer began working for the Conservative Central Office and became the party's youngest ever area agent at that time.

In 1966, Ian Greer left the Conservative Central Office in order to run the Mental Health Trust.

In that capacity, Ian Greer developed an initial list of political contacts in order to campaign for better conditions for those suffering from mental illness.

The partnership split after 10 years, with Ian Greer going on to establish his own consultancy in 1982.

In October 1994, The Guardian newspaper alleged that Greer had bribed two Conservative Members of Parliament in exchange for asking questions in parliament, and other tasks, on behalf of the Egyptian owner of Harrods department store, Mohamed Al-Fayed.

Ian Greer Associates went into liquidation and Greer moved to South Africa.

On 4 November 2015, Ian Greer fell in the car park of the Morrisons store in Leominster, having gone shopping with his partner Clive Ferreira.

An ambulance was called, although Ian Greer was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival at Hereford County Hospital.