Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (15 March 1936 – 13 April 2010) was a British television executive and a

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member of the

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. Descending from Latvian Jewish immigrants and educated at

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and

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,Obituary: Lord Bernstein of Craigweil
''Daily Telegraph'' (website), 18 April 2010 Bernstein joined the

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, the leisure and television company founded by his uncle,

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, and his father,

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. He was a director of the company, managing director of

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in the 1970s, and Chairman of Granada Group 1979–96. Bernstein was a major contributor to the

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run by

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to finance Tony Blair's

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. He was created a

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as Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, of Craigweil in the County of

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, on 15 May 2000.David Osle
"Taking It On Trust"
''What Next?'' no.25, 2003 He was also 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 Serota, the former wife of Sir Nicholas Serota.

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1939 births 2010 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge British Jews British television executives Bernstein of Craigweil, Alexander Bernstein, Baron People educated at Stowe School Jewish British politicians 20th-century British businesspeople Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{life-peer-stub