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List Of Royal Yacht Squadron Members
The following is a list of the more notable members of the Royal Yacht Squadron. There are 447 members in total. *Henry Dutton (pastoralist), Henry Dutton (1910) *Cuthbert Heath, Cuthbert Heath, OBE, DL (1910) *Kenneth McAlpine, Kenneth McAlpine, OBE, DL (1920) *John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, Lord Wakeham, PC, DL (1932) *Tim Sainsbury, Sir Timothy Sainsbury (1932) *Peter Nicholson, CBE (1934) *Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton, Baron Clinton (1934) *Anthony Evans (judge), The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Evans, RD (1934) *Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran, Lord Glentoran, CBE, DL (1935) *Aga Khan IV (1936) *Rear Adm. Paddy O'Riordan, CBE, DL (1936) *Harald V of Norway, The King of Norway (1937) *Robin Knox-Johnston, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD (1939) *Constantine II of Greece, King Constantine of Greece (1940) *David Cooksey, Sir David Cooksey, GBE (1940) *Sir Anthony Greener (1940) *Algy Cluff (1940) *Sir John Collins (1941) *Martin Clarke, MBE, DL (1942) *Ewen S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Yacht Squadron
The Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) is a British yacht club. Its clubhouse is Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. Member yachts are given the suffix RYS to their names, and are permitted (with the appropriate warrant) to wear the White Ensign of the Royal Navy rather than the merchant Red Ensign worn by the majority of other UK registered vessels. The club's patron was Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Yacht Squadron entered the 2021 America's Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, with the Ineos Team UK syndicate led by Sir Ben Ainslie, but did not win. In March 2021, an entity associated with the RYS, called Royal Yacht Squadron Racing Ltd, was officially accepted as the Challenger of Record for the 37th America's Cup competition. History Founded on 1 June 1815 in the Thatched House Tavern in St James's, London as The Yacht Club by 42 gentlemen interested in sea yachting, the original members decided to meet in London and in Cowes twice a year, to discuss yachting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Phillimore, 5th Baron Phillimore
Baron Phillimore, of Shiplake in the Oxfordshire, County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for the former Judge of the High Court of Justice and Lord Justice of Appeal, Walter Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore, Sir Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baronet. The Phillimore Baronetcy, of The Coppice, had been created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 December 1881 for his father Sir Robert Phillimore, 1st Baronet, Sir Robert Phillimore, who was also a noted lawyer and judge. The first Baron was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his grandson, the third Baron, his eldest son Captain the Hon. Anthony Francis Phillimore (d. 1940) having been killed in action during the Second World War. The third Baron was childless and was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Baron. He was an architect. the titles are held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1994. The fifth baron is a barrister who lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron
Ian David Patrick Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron (born 31 March 1949), is a British hereditary peer and member of House of Lords. He is also the baronet Sir Ian David Patrick Macpherson of Drumalban. He inherited the titles on the death of his father David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron, on 31 August 2006. Education Lord Strathcarron's early education was at Hill House School, before attending Horris Hill and then Eton College; after Eton, he went to Grenoble University. Personal life Lord Strathcarron married the former Gillian Rosamund Allison (born 15 September 1946) in 1974 and they have two children, the Honourable Sophie Ananda Macpherson (born 14 April 1978) and the Honourable Rory David Alisdair Macpherson (born: 15 April 1982). Career Lord Strathcarron spent ten years in the Orient working for Time-Life as a freelance journalist and copywriter. In 1970, he founded the Japan Europa Press Agency in Tokyo and sold it in 1995. He became a partner in Strathc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Clementi
Sir David Cecil Clementi (born 25 February 1949) is a British business executive and a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. He was formerly the Chairman of the BBC. Clementi holds a number of board positions including chairman of international payments business WorldFirst and vice-chairman at investment managers, Ruffer LLP. He has held numerous other positions including chairman of Prudential plc, one of Britain's largest insurance companies, a non-executive director on the board of governors of the Rio Tinto Group and until June 2015 was chairman of Virgin Money, seeing the business through its IPO. In March 2008, he was announced as Warden of Winchester College and, in 2010, was Master of the Mercers' Company. Early life David Cecil Clementi was born on 25 February 1949. His father, Cresswell Clementi, was an Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force. His grandfather Cecil Clementi was Governor of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1930 and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan West, Baron West Of Spithead
Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead, (born 21 April 1948) is a retired admiral of the Royal Navy and formerly, from June 2007 to May 2010, a Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office with responsibility for security and a security advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Prior to his ministerial appointment, he was First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 2002 to 2006. Early career in the Royal Navy West was born on 21 April 1948 in Lambeth, London, and was educated at Windsor Grammar School and Clydebank High School.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He joined Britannia Royal Naval College in 1965 and served in HMS ''Albion'' during her standby duty for the Nigerian Civil War and circumnavigated the globe in HMS ''Whitby'', taking part in the Beira Patrol. He was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 1 September 1969, and promoted to lieutenant on 1 May 1970. After his command of the Ton-class minesweeper HMS ''Yarnton' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dyson
Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and billionaire entrepreneur who founded Dyson Ltd. He is best known as the inventor of the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the ''Sunday Times'' Rich List 2022, he is the second richest person in the UK with an estimated net worth of £23 billion. He served as the Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017, and opened a new university, the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, on Dyson's Wiltshire campus in September 2017. Early life and education James Dyson was born 2 May 1947 in Cromer, Norfolk, one of three children, and named after his grandfather, James Dyson. He was educated at Gresham's School, an independent boarding school in Holt, Norfolk, from 1956 to 1965, when his father died of prostate cancer. He excelled at long-distance running: "I was quite good at it, not bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir David O'Grady Roche, 5th Baronet
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Roche, once in the baronetage of Ireland and once in the baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010. The Roche Baronetcy, of Fermoy in the County of Cork, was created on 30 November 1782 for the soldier and politician Sir Boyle Roche. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1807. The Roche Baronetcy, of Carass in Limerick, was created in the baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 August 1838 for David Roche, Member of Parliament for Limerick. The second baronet was vice-lieutenant and high sheriff of County Limerick. The third baronet was a deputy lieutenant of County Carlow. The fourth baronet was a naval commander. Roche baronets, of Fermoy (1782) * Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (1736–1807) Roche baronets, of Carass (1838) *Sir David Roche, 1st Baronet (1791–1865) *Sir David Vandeleur Roche, 2nd Baronet (1833–1908) *Sir Standish Roche, 3rd Baronet (1845†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Holman (judge)
Sir Edward James Holman (born 21 August 1947) is a retired British judge of the High Court of England and Wales, assigned to the Family Division. He has been the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron since 2021. Legal career Holman was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1971 and was elected a bencher in 1995. He acted for the Queen's Proctor from 1980–91 and legal assessor for the Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (now the Nursing and Midwifery Council) from 1983-95. Holman has served as an officer of the Family Law Bar Association, as secretary 1988–92 and chairman 1992–95. In 1991, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel and a Crown Court Recorder in 1993. He was a member of the Family Proceedings Rules Committee from 1991 and of the Supreme Court (now the Senior Courts) Procedure Committee from 1992, leaving both committees in 1995. On 18 March 1995, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilkinson Baronets
The Wilkinson Baronetcy, of Brook in Witley in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 December 1941 for George Wilkinson, Lord Mayor of London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ... from 1940 to 1941. Wilkinson baronets, of Brook (1941) * Sir George Henry Wilkinson, 1st Baronet (1885–1967) *Sir (Leonard) David Wilkinson, 2nd Baronet (1920–1972) *Sir (David) Graham Brook Wilkinson, 3rd Baronet (born 1947) There is no heir to the baronetcy. Arms Notes References *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * External linksPortrait of Sir George Wilkinson, 1st Baronet, at the National Portrait Gallery {{DEFAULTSORT:B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon Of Tara
Ivon Anthony Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara, (born 20 December 1946), is a British Conservative politician. Early life Lord Brabazon attended Harrow School. He married Harriet Frances de Courcy Hamilton in 1979, with whom he had a son and a daughter. He has worked in the London Stock Exchange and the freight industry. Political career House of Lords He sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative and from 1984 to 1986 was a House of Lords whip in Margaret Thatcher's government. He then became a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Transport, holding that post until 1989. Lord Brabazon was then made a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In early 1990, he returned to the Department of Transport as Minister of State, holding that post until leaving office at the 1992 general election. House of Lords Act 1999 With the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, Brabazon along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Peter Ogden
Sir Peter Ogden (born 1940) is an English businessman who is one of the founders of Computacenter, one of the United Kingdom's largest computer businesses. Education Ogden was born in Rochdale, England. He was educated at Rochdale Grammar School (now Balderstone Technology College). He was awarded a scholarship to University College, Durham in 1965, where he received a BSc in Physics (1968) and a PhD in Theoretical Physics (1971). He continued his education at Harvard Business School, receiving an MBA in Business Studies in 1973. Career Ogden's early career was with investment banks, notably Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley (where he was a Managing Director). In 1981, he founded Computacenter with Philip Hulme, acting as Chairman of the company until 1998, when he became a non-executive director. He established a charitable foundation to pursue his philanthropic interests [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Bamford
Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford, (born 23 October 1945) is a British billionaire businessman who is chairman of J. C. Bamford (JCB). He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, as chairman and managing director of the company in 1975, at the age of 30. He was knighted in 1990 at the age of 45. He has appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List, and in 2021 his net worth was estimated at US$9.48billion. Bamford is a car collector whose collection includes two examples of the rare Ferrari 250 GTO, valued upwards of $70 million each. Education Bamford was educated at Ampleforth College, followed by the University of Grenoble. Life and career In 1974, Bamford sued the then MP Jeffrey Archer for bankruptcy after Archer failed to repay a £172,000 loan. Archer had lost the money in a fraudulent share scam. Archer later repaid the money from his earnings as a novelist and Bamford subsequently withdrew the bankruptcy notice. In 2000, JCB was fined £22 million by the Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
