Editing Michael Grade (section)

==Personal life==
Grade was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1998.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54993 |date=31 December 1997 |page=9 |supp=y}}</ref> That same year, he published his [[autobiography]], ''It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time'', and married his third wife, Francesca Leahy; they have a son, Samuel.

He was previously married to Penelope Jane Levinson (1967–1981) (she later married writer and historian [[Sir Max Hastings]]), by whom he has two children, and [[Sarah Lawson (producer)|Sarah Lawson]] (1982–1991), a film producer.

Grade is a fan of [[Charlton Athletic F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Sport/Football/News/FACup/Manualstories/ITVFACupstatement/default.html |title=ITV FA Cup statement |work=Itv.com |access-date=6 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609165038/http://www.itv.com/Sport/Football/News/FACup/Manualstories/ITVFACupstatement/default.html |archive-date=9 June 2009 }}</ref>

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|crest = Rising from the top of a lighthoyse Argent irradiated Or a martlet Azure.
|supporters = Dexter a sea lion sinister a sea horse both Azure with the piscine parts Argent resting on a lightning flash Or.<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=2780}}</ref>}}