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Beaumont of Whitley, Baron, (Rev. Timothy Wentworth Beaumont) (22 Nov. 1928–8 April 2008)  

MA (Oxon)

Born 22 Nov. 1928; o s of Major and Hon. Mrs M. W. Beaumont; m 1955, Mary Rose Wauchope; one s two d...

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Bethell, 4th Baron, (Nicholas William Bethell) (19 July 1938–8 Sept. 2007)  

Born 19 July 1938; s of Hon. William Gladstone Bethell (d 1964) (3rd s of 1st Baron), and Ann Margaret Bethell (d...

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Cary, Sir Roger Hugh, (8 Jan. 1926–29 Dec. 2011), a consultant to BBC’s Director-General, 1986–2002  

2nd Bt cr 1955

Born 8 Jan. 1926; o s of Sir Robert (Archibald) Cary, 1st Bt, and Hon. Rosamond Mary Curzon (d 1985...

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Curtis, Michael Howard, (28 Feb. 1920–3 July 2004), Executive Aide to HH The Aga Khan, 1959–86; Director, Aga Khan Health and Education Services, Geneva, 1985–92; Chairman, Nation Printers and Publishers, Nairobi, Kenya, 1972–77; Director, Nation Newspapers, 1959–94 (Managing Director and Chief Executive, 1959, retired)  

Born 28 Feb. 1920; e s of late Howard and Doris May Curtis; m 1st, 1947, Barbara Winifred Gough (marr. diss. 1961); two s...

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Harris of High Cross, Baron cr 1979 (Life Peer), of Tottenham in Greater London, (Ralph Harris) (10 Dec. 1924–19 Oct. 2006)  

Born 10 Dec. 1924; m 1949, Jose Pauline Jeffery; one d (two s decd); died 19 Oct. 2006

Founder President, Institute of Economic Affairs, since 1990 (General Director, 1957–87, Chairman, ...

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Hood, Sir Harold (Joseph), (23 Jan. 1916–5 Sept. 2005), Circulation Director: Universe, 1953–60; Catholic Herald, 1961–87  

2nd Bt cr 1922, of Wimbledon, Co. Surrey; TD

Born 23 Jan. 1916; e s of Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Bt, and Marie Josephine (...

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Johnson, Sir Peter (Colpoys Paley), (26 March 1930–24 May 2003), author; publishing consultant  

7th Bt cr 1755, of New York in North America

Born 26 March 1930; s of Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt, MBE, and of Carol, d of late Edmund Haas; ...

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Llewellyn, Sir David St Vincent, (Sir Dai), (2 April 1946–13 Jan. 2009), impresario, writer and broadcaster  

4th Bt cr 1922, of Bwllfa, Aberdare, co. Glamorgan

Born 2 April 1946; er s of Sir Harry Llewellyn, 3rd Bt, CBE and Hon. Christine Saumarez, 2nd d of 5th Baron de Saumarez; ...

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Rees-Mogg, Baron, (William Rees-Mogg) (14 July 1928–29 Dec. 2012)  

Kt 1981

Born 14 July 1928; s of late Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg and Beatrice Rees-Mogg (née Warren), Temple Cloud, Somerset; m 1962, Gillian Shakespeare Morris, ...