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Clifton Hampden, Oxon (1996); Recreations genealogical research, tenor concerts, painting; Clubs SAS Regimental Assoc, Intelligence Corps Old Comrades Assoc, Artists’ Rifles Assoc, Wellingborough GS Old Boys, Probus (Eastbourne), Royal Artillery Assoc; Style— Richard Austin-Cooper, Esq; K 2 Lea House, 1 Mill Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 2LY (tel 01323 721933, e-mail r.austin-cooper@tiscali.co.uk) AUSTWICK, Dawn; OBE; da of Kenneth Austwick, of Bath, and Gillian, ne´e Griffin; Educ Univ of London (BA), London Business Sch (MBA); m 1990, Henry Stewart; 2 da (Rebecca b 20 Nov 1992, Miriam b 15 June 1994), 1 s (Gabriel b 15 Aug 1997); Career formerly: dep dir Br Museum, project dir Tate Modern, princ conslt KPMG; currently chief exec Esme´e Fairbairn Fndn; tstee Historic Royal Palaces, chair Fndns Forum; hon doctorate London Met Univ; CIMgt; Style— Mrs Dawn Austwick, OBE; K Esme´e Fairbairn Foundation, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG AVEBURY, 4 Baron (UK 1900); Sir Eric Reginald Lubbock; 7 Bt (UK 1806); s of Hon Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock (yst s of 1 Baron Avebury) and Hon (Mary Katherine) Adelaide Stanley (eldest da of 5 Baron Stanley of Alderley and sis of the actress Pamela Stanley); suc cousin, 3 Baron 1971; b 29 September 1928; Educ Upper Canada Coll, Harrow, Balliol Coll Oxford (BA, Boxing blue); m 1, 1953 (m dis 1983), Kina Maria, da of Count Joseph O’Kelly de Gallagh (a yr s of the family whose head is a Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Imperial Letters Patent of 1767); 2 s (Hon Lyulph Ambrose Jonathan, Hon Maurice Patrick Guy), 1 da (Hon Ms Lubbock); m 2, 1985, Lindsay Jean, da of late Gordon Neil Stewart, and of late Pamela Hansford Johnson (Lady Snow), writer; 1 s (Hon John William Stewart); Heir s, Hon Lyulph Lubbock; Career Lt Welsh Gds 1949–51; engr with Rolls Royce 1951–56; mgmnt conslt: Production Engineering Ltd 1953–60, Charterhouse Group 1960; dir C L Projects Ltd 1966–, conslt Morgan-Grampian Ltd 1970–85; sits as Lib Dem in House of Lords; MP (Lib) Orpington 1962–70, Lib chief whip 1963–70, chm Br Parly Human Rights Gp 1976–97; Lib Dem frontbench spokesman on Africa House of Lords 2003–; pres: Data Processing Mgmnt Assoc 1972–75, Fluoridation Soc 1972–85, Conservation Soc 1973–82; memb: Cncl Inst of Race Relations 1972–74, Royal Cmmn on Standards of Conduct in Public Life 1974–76; pres: Kurdish Human Rights Project 1995–, TAPOL (Indonesian human rights orgn) 1997–, Angulimala Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Orgn 1998–, Advsy Cncl for the Educn of Romanies and Travellers 2000–; co-fndr Parliamentarians for East Timor 1988, chm Peru Support Gp 2003–, chm Cameroon Campaign Gp 2003–; pres London Bach Soc and Steinitz Bach Players 1984–97; Liveryman Worshipful Co of Fishmongers; MIMechE, FBCS; Recreations listening to music, reading; Style— The Rt Hon the Lord Avebury; K 26 Flodden Road, London SE5 9LH (e-mail ericavebury@gmail.com) AVERILL, Michael Charles Edward; s of Charles Rochford Averill, of Harlaxton, Lincs, and Peggy Louise, ne´e Cooke; b 14 May 1951, London; Educ Royal Sch of Mines Imperial Coll London (BSc), Cranfield Mgmnt Sch (MBA); m 15 March 1980, Janet Marjorie, ne´e Phillips; 1 s (Thomas Rochford b 22 Dec 1981), 1 da (Lucy Jane b 21 Sept 1983); Career Henry Wiggin (Inco) Sales 1974–75, various positions (latterly bus devpt mangr) Plessey Co plc 1975–87, mktg dir Herga Electric Ltd 1987–89, md Environmental Servs Div Rechem/Shanks Gp 1989–94, gp chief exec Shanks Gp plc 1994–2007 (conslt 2007–08); non-exec dir TDG plc 2003–08; dir Environmental Services Assoc 1994–2007, pres European Federation of Waste Mgmnt (FEAD) 2006–08 (vice-pres 1995–2006), non-exec dir Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) 2000–09; non-exec dir: Care UK plc 2006–10, Speedy Hire plc 2008–; non-exec chm: Enviroco Ltd 2008–, JBMI Ltd 2008–09; ARSM, FCIWM 2004; Recreations golf, gastronomy, motor sport; Clubs Home House; Style— Michael Averill, Esq AVERY, Dr Brice Johnson; s of William Johnson Avery, of Haultwick, Herts, and Margaret Norma, ne´e Booth; b 31 December 1959; Educ Bishop’s Stortford Coll, Univ of Reading (BSc), Univ of Southampton (BM BS), Univ of Edinburgh; m 10 Sept 1993, Tina Louise, da of Barry Stott; Career trained in psychology, med, psychiatry and psychoanalytic psychotherapy; child and family psychiatrist, adult psychotherapist, business conslt and writer; sr conslt Lentmanns - Psychoanalysis for Business; regular appearer on radio and TV in religious, psychological and science programmes; princ PsychoDynamics Business Consultants; PPL 1989 MRCPsych 1991, memb Soc of Authors 1994; Books Churches and How to Survive Them (1994), The Pastoral Encounter - Hidden Depths in Human Contact (1996), Principles of Psychotherapy (1996), The Plug at the Bottom of the Sea (1997), The Switch on the Back of the Moon (1998), Goodnight, Sleep Tight (contrib, 2000); Style— Dr Brice Avery; K 4 Millerfield Place, Edinburgh EH9 1LW (tel 0131 662 0687, fax 0131 667 0252, e-mail briceavery@lentmanns.com) AVERY, Catherine Rosemary Reid (Kate); b 30 January 1960; Educ Cranfield Sch of Mgmnt (MBA); m 10 July 1999, Anthony Vine-Lott, qv; Career Barclays plc: joined 1978, project mangr then mktg mangr Barclaycard 1987–89, planning, research and budgeting mangr Personal Sector Mktg Dept 1989–91, md Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd 1995–96 (sales and mktg dir 1992–93, business planning dir 1993–95), md Barclays Bank Tst Co Ltd 1995–96; memb Conversion/Flotation Project Team Halifax plc 1996; Legal & General plc: gp mktg dir 1996, gp mktg and direct dir 1996–99, retail customer dir 1999–2001, gp dir partnerships and direct 2001–02, gp dir retail distribution 2002–06, gp exec dir wealth mgmnt 2006–09, chair Gp Equality and Diversity Ctee; chm Openwork; non-exec dir: Kelda Gp plc 2005–08, Newcastle Building Soc, Rathbone Brothers plc; memb Distribution and Regulatory Ctee ABI 2004–; FSI, FCIM, ACIB; Recreations sailing, golf, gardening; Style— Mrs Kate Avery AVERY, Dr Charles Henry Francis; s of Richard Francis Avery, of Richmond, Surrey, and Dorothea Cecilia, ne´e Wharton; b 26 December 1940; Educ KCS Wimbledon, St John’s Coll Cambridge (MA, PhD), Courtauld Inst of Art London (Academic Dip); m 11 June 1966, (Kathleen) Mary, da of Charles Gwynne Jones (d 1969); 3 da (Charlotte Frances, Susanna Mary, Victoria Jane (triplets) b 24 Feb 1970); Career dep keeper of sculpture V&A 1965–79, dir Sculpture Dept Christie’s 1979–90, currently ind fine art conslt; Leverhulme research fell 1997–99; FSA 1985; Cavaliere Dell’ordine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 1979, Medal of Ministry of Culture Poland; Books Florentine Renaissance Sculpture (1970), Studies in European Sculpture (1981, 1987), Giambologna the Complete Sculpture (1987), Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Frick Art Museum (1993), Donatello: An Introduction (1994), David Le Marchand (1674–1726), An Ingenious Man for Carving in Ivory (1996), Bernini, Genius of the Baroque (1997), Studies in Italian Sculpture (2001), Francesco Bertos, The Triumph of Motion (2008), School of Dolphins (2009); Recreations writing, reading; Clubs Oxford and Cambridge; Style— Dr Charles Avery, FSA; K Holly Tree House, 20 Southend Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1SD (tel 020 8650 9933, e-mail charlesavery@tiscali.co.uk) AVERY, Graham John Lloyd; s of Rev Edward Avery (d 1979), and Alice, ne´e Lloyd; b 29 October 1943; Educ Kingswood Sch Bath, Balliol Coll Oxford (MA), Center for Int Affairs Harvard Univ; m 1, 1967, Susan Steele; 2 s (Matthew b 1974, John b 1976); m 2, 2002, Annalisa Cecchi; 1 s (Nicholas b 1993); Career MAFF: entered 1965, princ responsible for negotiations for entry to EC 1969–72, princ private sec to Fred Peart then John Silkin 1976; memb EC cabinets of: Christopher Soames (vice-pres external rels) 1973–76, Roy Jenkins (pres) 1977–80, Finn Gundelach (cmmr for agric) 1981, Poul Dalsager (cmmr for agric) 1981, Frans Andriessen (vice-pres for agric) 1985–86; European Cmmn Brussels: Directorate Gen for Agric 1981–84 and 1987–90, Directorate Gen for External Rels 1990–98, inspr gen 1998–2000, chief advsr Directorate Gen for Enlargement 2000–03, director for strategy, co-ordination and analysis Directorate Gen for External Rels 200406; author of articles in various econ and political jls; visiting prof Coll of Europe 2003–05,
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sr memb St Antony’s Coll Oxford 2005–; Freeman City of Indianapolis; Style— Graham Avery, Esq AVERY, (Francis) John; s of Ronald Avery (d 1976), and Linda, ne´e Jackson (d 1978); b 27 December 1941, Bath, Somerset; Educ Clifton Coll Bristol, Lincoln Coll Oxford (MA); m 23 Sept 1967, Sarah, ne´e Midgley; 3 da (Frances Michelle b 11 Sept 1969, Katherine Joanna Ruth, Rosalind Christine Jane (twins) b 23 Nov 1975), 1 s (Richard Ronald b 6 Aug 1971); Career MW 1975; Averys of Bristol: joined 1966, dir 1967–75, md 1975–2003, dir 2003–; chief judge: NZ Nat Wine Show 1978 and 1981, Winpac (Wines of the Pacific Rim) Hong Kong 1989–; judge: Aust Nat Capital Wine Show Canberra 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1998 and 2003, W Aust Wine Show 1985, Royal Melbourne Wine Show 1988 and 1989, Royal Hobart Wine Show 1990, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2003; jt chm Japan Wine Challenge 2002–; wine advsr Worshipful Co of Grocers 1997–, memb Govt Hospitality Wine Advsy Ctee 1998–; chm: Int Wine and Food Soc 1996–2000, Inst of Masters of Wine 1999–2000; pres Anchor Soc, master Ancient Soc of St Stephen’s Ringers 1994–95, memb Cncl St Monica Home for the Aged 1990–2003, memb Fundraising Ctee Bristol Theatre Royal; Liveryman Worshipful Co of Vintners 1964 (memb Ct of Assts 1998, Master 2004–05), memb Soc of Merchant Venturers 1980 (Master 1995–96); memb American Soc of Enologists 1964; Recreations skiing, yachting, cricket, watching horse racing and rugby; Clubs Garrick, MCC; Style— John Avery, Esq; K Flat 2, The Grove, Wrington, Bristol BS40 5NS; Averys of Bristol, 4 High Street, Nailsea BS48 1BT AVERY, Thomas Tilstone (Tom); s of Julian Avery, and Quenelda, ne´e Kinsey; b 17 December 1975; Educ Harrow, Univ of Bristol (BSc); m Mary, ne´e Eckersley Hope; 2 da (Maud Elizabeth, Olive Hope b 23 Sept 2009 (twins)); Career explorer; ldr Br Inca Mountains expdn to S American Andes 1997, ldr Br Silk Mountains expdn to Kyrgyzstan (incl 9 virgin summits up to 20,000 feet) 2000, youngest Briton to walk to S Pole (world record time for team travelling from the edge of Antartica to S Pole of 45 days 6 hours) 2002, ldr fastest group to walk to N Pole (Barclays Capital Ultimate North team, retracing Robert Peary’s 1909 expedition; world record time of 36 days 22 hours 11 minutes) 2005, youngest Briton to walk to both N and S Pole; ldr and memb of numerous mountaineering expdns to Argentina, Chile, Morocco, Tanzania, NZ and the Himalayas; trainee accountant Arthur Andersen 1998–2000, dir Ski Verbier 2000–02; currently motivational speaker and writer; ambass: Prince’s Tst, London 2012 Olympic Games bid; FRGS; Publications Pole Dance (2004), To the End of the Earth (2009); Recreations skiing, sailing, golf, cricket, mountaineering, foreign travel; Clubs MCC, Rye Golf, Explorers; Style— Tom Avery, Esq; K e-mail info@tomavery.net AVERY JONES, Dr John Francis; CBE (1987); s of Sir Francis Avery Jones, CBE (d 1998), and Dorothea Bessie, ne´e Pfirter (d 1983); b 5 April 1940, Bromley, Kent; Educ Rugby, Trinity Coll Cambridge (MA, PhD, LLM); m 5 April 1994, Catherine Susan, ne´e Bobbett; Career admitted slr 1966, ptnr Bircham & Co 1970–85, sr ptnr Speechly Bircham 1985–2001; special cmmr of income tax 2002–09 (dep special cmmr 1991–2001), chm VAT and Duties Tbnls 2002–09 (pt/t chm 1991–2001); judge of the Upper Tbnl (Tax and Chancery Chamber) 2009–11; jt ed British Tax Review 1974–97, memb Editorial Bd Simon’s Taxes 1977–2001, visiting prof of taxation LSE 1986–2009; pres Inst of Taxation 1980–82, chm Tax Law Review Ctee 1998–2005; memb: Keith Ctee 1980–84, Cncl Law Soc 1986–90, Cncl Inst of Fiscal Studies 1988–, Exec Ctee Int Fiscal Assoc 1988–94 (chm Br Branch 1989–91), Bd of Tstees Int Bureau of Fiscal Documentation 1989– (chm 1991–2002), Bd of Govrs Voluntary Hosp of St Bartholomew 1984–2011, Court of Govrs LSE 1995–2011; memb Ct of Assts Worshipful Co of Barbers (Master 1985–86), memb Ct of Assts City of London Solicitors’ Co (Master 1997–98); memb Law Soc; Hon FTII; Books Encyclopedia of VAT (1972), Tax Havens and Measures Against Tax Avoidance and Evasion in the EEC (1974); Recreations music (particularly opera); Clubs Athenaeum; Style— Dr John Avery Jones, CBE; K e-mail averyjonesw5@yahoo.co.uk AVIS, Alice; MBE (2009); da of Anthony Charles Avis (d 2004), of Ilkley, W Yorks, and Helen Lela Kyriacopoulou Avis; b 31 May 1962, Bradford, W Yorks; Educ Univ of Cambridge (MA), INSEAD (MBA); m 6 March 1999, Martyn Ward; 2 da (Daisy b 6 June 1999, Lola b 15 Aug 2001); Career account exec BMP 1984–86, conslt Bain & Co 1986–90, head of strategy Still Price Lintas 1991–92, md Cutler & Gross 1992–93, conslt 1993–94, dep md Hartstone plc 1994–95, global brand dir Diageo 1995–99, mktg dir Flutter.com 2000–01, mktg and e-commerce dir Marks & Spencer plc 2003–04, ceo Sanctuary Spa Holdings Ltd 2005–08 (chair 2008–); Clubs The Hospital, RSA; Style— Ms Alice Avis, MBE AWDRY, William Richard (Will); s of Richard Charles Visger Awdry, of Penn, Bucks, and Jocelyn Genesta St George, ne´e Poole (d 1990); b 11 February 1961; Educ Marlborough, BNC Oxford (BA); m 5 Dec 1992, Clare Julia, ne´e Marshall; Career advtg exec; account mgmnt trainee rising to exec McCormick Intermarco Farmer 1983–85; Bartle Bogle Hegarty: copywriter 1986–94, bd dir 1992–94, gp creative head 1993–94; copywriter, head of copy and bd dir The Leagas Delaney Partnership 1994–96, rejoined Bartle Bogle Hegarty 1996, subsequently with Partners BDDH, creative dir int accounts DDB London 2003–; Recreations music (percussion drummer on various infrequent occasions), practical as opposed to theoretical oenology; Style— Will Awdry, Esq AWFORD, Ian Charles; s of Joseph Arthur Awford (decd), of Lyme Regis, Dorset, and Eva Rhoda, ne´e McPherson (decd); b 15 April 1941; Educ Wellingborough Sch, Univ of Sheffield (LLB); m 1, 24 July 1965 (m dis 1983), Claire Sylvia, da of late Ralph Linklater, of Bexleyheath, Kent; 3 s (James b 16 Nov 1967, Giles b 13 Jan 1969, Guy b 27 Sept 1970); m 2, 2 Sept 1989, Leonora Maureen, da of late Robert James Wilson, of Sydney, Aust; 2 s (Alexander b 18 July 1991, Thomas b 26 April 1993), 1 da (Katherine Louise b 12 Dec 1995); Career admitted slr 1967, admitted slr Hong Kong 1988, admitted practitioner Supreme Court of Tasmania 1998, admitted slr Supreme Court of NSW 2002, CEDR accredited mediator 1998, IATA accredited arbitrator; ptnr with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert 1973–2001; Ebsworth and Ebsworth: ptnr 2002–06, special counsel 2006–08; special counsel HWL Ebsworth 2008–; chm: Outer Space Ctee of the Int Bar Assoc 1985–90, Aerospace Law Ctee of the Asia Pacific Lawyers’ Assoc 1987–90, Aerospace Law Ctee of the Inter Pacific Bar Assoc 1990–94; memb: Int Inst of Space Law of the Int Aeronautics Fedn, Royal Aeronautical Soc, Int C of C, American Bar Assoc, Aviation Law Assoc of Aust and NZ, Euro Centre for Space Law, Centre for Int Legal Studies; FRAeS 1987, FSALS 1998, FICPD 1998; Books Developments in Aviation Products Liability (1985), author of various pubns on outer space and aviation legal issues; Recreations skiing, art, music, theatre; Clubs City of London; Style— Ian Awford, Esq; K 1 Fitzwilliam Road, Vancluse, Sydney, NSW, Australia (e-mail ian.awford@bigpond.com); HWL Ebsworth, Level 14, Australia Square, 264–278 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia (tel 0061 2 9334 8562, fax 0061 1300 369656, e-mail ian.awford@hwlebsworth.com.au) AWTY, Ted; s of Frank Awty (d 1983), and Louisa Awty (d 2003); b 23 May 1951; Educ Biddulph GS, Imperial Coll London (BSc); m 1, 17 August 1974 (m dis 2006), Jeanette, da of late Samuel Reeves; 2 s (Richard b 28 July 1977, Philip b 1 May 1983), 1 da (Julia b 21 April 1979); m 2, 29 July 2006, June, da of Thomas Taylor; Career KPMG: joined 1972, ptnr 1985, head of audit and dir KPMG Audit plc 1998–2002, chm Client Serv Bd 2002–05, memb Bd 2002–05; memb Central Finance Bd Methodist Church; FCA 1978 (ACA 1975); FRSA; Recreations motorboating, walking, cinema, theatre, travel; Style— Ted Awty, Esq; K KPMG, 8 Salisbury Square, London EC4Y 8BB (tel 020 7311 8328, fax 020 7311 1623, e-mail ted.awty@kpmg.co.uk)