Sir Norman Kelvin Stoller (born 1934) is a British businessman and philanthropist. After three previous honours of the

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in 1976, the OBE in 1999 and

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in 2010 he was

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in the 2016 New Years Honours List for his philanthropic services. Stoller founded the Norman Stoller Charitable Trust in the 1980s, and donated over fifty million pounds to various causes. He served as

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from 1999 to 2000. He was appointed as a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1995. He served in this role until 2009 when he reached the

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age of 75 after which he was moved to the retired list. He was awarded the

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on 16 April 2008. He was made a Knight of Justice of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ) in

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