IN MEMORIAM LORD EZRA Honorary Fellow
Derek Ezra, MBE (military), MA, Hon DSc (Cranfield), Hon LLD (Leeds)). Born 23 February 1919; Educated at Monmouth School, Wales and Magdalene (Major Scholarship and First Class honours in History 1936); USA Bronze Medal 1945; Chairman, National Coal Board 1971–82; Knighted 1974; Honorary Fellow 1977; Grand Officer of the Italian Order of Merit 1979; Commander of the Luxemburg Order of Merit 1981; Officer of the Légion d’ Honneur 1981; created life peer as Baron Ezra of Horsham in the County of West Sussex 1983; Married Julia Wilkins 1950 (d. 2011); Died 22 December 2015, aged 96.
Derek Ezra was born in Tasmania, the son of David, a property developer, and his wife Lillie. He spent his early childhood in France but was educated in England at Monmouth School, Wales from where he went to Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1934 graduating with a first class degree in History specialising in Ancient History. At Cambridge he joined the Mummers, the Union, and Cambridge University Liberal Club, subsequently becoming a committee member. He maintained his affiliation to the Liberal Party when he entered the Lords.
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