David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale

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David Wolfson (* 9. November 1935 ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party , Life Peer and businessman .

life and career

Wolfson, son of Charles and Hylda Wolfson, graduated at Clifton College in Bristol and at Trinity College , Cambridge, which he in 1956 with a Master of Arts in Economics ( Economics ) and Law ( Law ) graduated. He also attended Stanford University in California , where he received a Master of Business Administration in 1959 . In 1960 he worked for Great Universal Stores (GUS plc) and was its director from 1973 to 1978 and from 1993 to 2000 and from 1996 to 2000 also chairman. After Wolfson came under pressure at GUS plc, he named John Peace Chief Executive of the Catalog and Information Group in October 1999 to relieve some of his responsibilities.

In 1978 and 1979 he was secretary of the Shadow Cabinet and from 1979 to 1985 Chief of Staff of the Political Office of 10 Downing Street . From 1982 to 1986 Wolfson Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Alexon Group plc from 1990 to 1998, the Next plc , and from 1995 to 2003 Compco from 2002 to 2003, William Baird Limited and since 2002 the Fibernet .

From 1985 to 1987 he was a non-executive director of Stewart Wrightson Holdings plc from 2000 to 2002, the Body Metrics Ltd. and from 2001 to 2002 Avocet Capital Management Ltd .

He is Director of Agrifirma Brazil Ltd. and Benesco Charity Ltd . In addition, Wolfson Consultant ( Adviser ) of Oakley Capital Ltd , and member of the Trusteeship Council ( Trustee ) of the Bedford Estate and the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust . He is a member of the board of Shambala .

Membership in the House of Lords

On March 26, 1991, Wolfson was named a Life Peer as Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, of Trevose in the County of Cornwall . On September 7, 2004, he gave his inaugural address in the House of Lords on the Iraq war . It was not until February 2012 that he spoke up again, on the Health and Social Care Bill . According to a study, Wolfson was only present infrequently, mostly in the low single-digit range. At last his presence increased slightly.

He mentions health as a topic of political interest on the House of Lords website.

Working in public

When the role of members of the Trustees was discussed in the media in February 2003 , the Charles Wolfson Charitable also got into discussion. He paid £ 220,000 from 2000 to 2001 to a law firm where John Franks was a consultant. Wolfson, in his capacity as a trustee, stated that no money had been paid to Franks.

In October 2005, Wolfson and his wife attended Margaret Thatcher's 80th birthday celebration .

Honors

In 1984 Wolfson was awarded a Knight Bachelor degree . In 1978 Wolfson became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists , in 1989 of the College Hughes Hall and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists .

family

Wolfson was married twice. First marriage from 1962 to 1967 to Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings . In 1967 he married Susan E. Davis, daughter of Hugh Davies. He has two sons and a daughter with his second wife. His cousin Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson was also a life peer .

One of the sons, Simon, succeeded him as both head of Next and as a life peer of the Conservative Party , as Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale on thepeerage.com , accessed August 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Peace steps into new job as GUS chief executive article in the Guardian of October 29, 1999
  3. ↑ Slater strikes gold in Alaska Guardian article , January 23, 2004
  4. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed August 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Matter of trust article in the Guardian, February 19, 2003
  6. ↑ Friends gather for Thatcher's 80th birthday Guardian article , October 13, 2005
  7. ↑ A director at 30? The right father helps Guardian article dated November 9, 2003
personal data
SURNAME Wolfson, David, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1935