Terence George Bramall (born November 1942) is a British businessman and

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, he is also one of four Directors of

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

Early life

Terry Bramall graduated from

Birmingham University , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

with a BSc degree in

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in 1964. He was selected as

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for 2017-18.

Business career

Bramall served as the Chairman of

Keepmoat Keepmoat Homes Ltd is a housebuilding company in the United Kingdom that provides private homes for sale. Its headquarters are in Doncaster. History The company was founded in Rotherham by George Bramall and Dick Ogden as Bramall & Ogden in 1 ...

, a British community regeneration and housebuilding company. He sold the group to its management for £783 million in 2007, with Bramall and his family owning 72% at the time.

Philanthropy

Bramall had donated GBP£60,000 to the

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by 2012. Bramall set up the Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation with a £100 million endowment in 2008. He is a Trustee of the Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation. The charity supports charitable organisations that promote Christian Faith in accordance with the Church of England. A major supporter of the arts, especially within the Yorkshire region, The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation also supports urban regeneration and education programmes. Bramall is a director of Doncaster Rovers Football Club. Bramall was chief executive of the Keepmoat construction group, which specialised in

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. Bramall donated £2 million for the completion of

’s Bramall Music Building. BirminghamUniversityChancellorsCourt

Bramall was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to charity. He was awarded The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy in 2014. Bramall was awarded the honorary degree of DUniv by

in 2011. Bramall won the National Masters

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of the Year award in 2004.

References

Living people Alumni of the University of Birmingham Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British businesspeople British philanthropists High Sheriffs of West Yorkshire 1942 births {{UK-engineer-stub