Sir John Ross Stainton

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(27 May 1914 - 5 December 2011) was a British businessman, and a former chief executive of

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and BOAC in the 1970s.

Early life

He attended independent school in

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Career

Imperial Airways

He joined Imperial Airways in 1933.

Royal Air Force

He served in the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

from 1940.

BOAC

He joined BOAC.

British Airways

BOAC became British Airways in 1974.

Personal life

He married in 1933; his wife died in 2001. He had three daughters. He was awarded the CBE in the

1971 Birthday Honours The 1971 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. They were announced in supplemen ...

. He was knighted in the

1981 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1981 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries ...

. He lived in

Camberley Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...

, off the B311.Companies House
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stainton, Ross 1914 births 2011 deaths British airline chief executives British Airways people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Imperial Airways Knights Bachelor People from Camberley People of the British Overseas Airways Corporation