Julian Tufnell Faber (6 April 1917 – 11 January 2002) was a leading figure in the insurance business.

Early life

He was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

. He served with the

Welsh Guards The Welsh Guards (WG; cy, Gwarchodlu Cymreig), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. It was founded in 1915 as a single-battalion regiment, during the First World War, by Royal Warrant of George V ...

during the

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. He retired as a

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Career

He joined the family firm of Willis, Faber & Dumas (later Willis Corroon) in 1938 (later rising to chairman). He later served as chairman of

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and he was responsible for sponsoring English Test Cricket for a long period from 1978.

Family life

He married Caroline Macmillan, a daughter of

Harold Macmillan Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Caricatured as "Supermac", he ...

and Lady Dorothy Cavendish, a daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire. They had five children: * 1) Anne Cristine Adriane Faber (born 1944). Married firstly in 1970 Michael Roger Lewis Cockerell, two children, married secondly in 1995 The Hon. David Bernstein. * 2) Michael David Tufnell Faber (born 1945). Married Catherine Suzanne de Braine, two children. * 3) Mark James Julian Faber (1950-1991), a Sussex cricketer. Married in 1983 Ann Griffith, three sons. * 4) David James Christian Faber (born 1961), a Conservative politician and an MCC Committee member. * 5) James Edwin Charles Faber (born 1964)

Death and legacy

He died in January 2002, aged 84, and Caroline outlived him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faber, Julian 1917 births 2002 deaths People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Welsh Guards officers British Army personnel of World War II Julian Faber 20th-century English businesspeople