Raymond Brookes, Baron Brookes

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Raymond Percival Brookes, Baron Brookes (born April 10, 1909 in West Bromwich , Staffordshire , † July 31, 2002 ) was a British engineer and business manager who became a member of the House of Lords in 1976 as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .

Life

Brookes completed his studies at Kenrick Technical College in West Bromwich and then worked as an engineer and manager. In 1965 he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of aviation - and automobile manufacturing company GKN and has held these functions until 1974. At the same time he served from 1967 to 1975 as vice president of the employers 'association Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF). For his services he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor in 1971 and from then on carried the suffix "Sir".

After leaving GKN, Brookes was a board member of the electronics, telecommunications and defense company Plessey from 1974 to 1979 and also a board member of AMF Inc from 1975 to 1978 and chairman of the Isle of Man- based Reay Bros. Ltd. from 1976 to 1989 .

Brookes became through a letters patent dated January 14, 1976 as a life peer with the title Baron Brookes , of West Bromwich in the County of West Midlands, a member of the House of Lords, of which he belonged until his death.

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SURNAME Brookes, Raymond, Baron Brookes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brookes, Raymond Percival, Baron Brookes (full name); Sir Raymond Brookes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British engineer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH West Bromwich
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2002