Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook
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Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, (born 29 December 1951) is a British
peer
, baronet
and politician
.
Aitken is the grandson of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook
and the only son of Sir Max Aitken
, by his third marriage to Violet de Trafford.
He was educated at Charterhouse
and Pembroke College, Cambridge
.
Lord Beaverbrook was a Lord in Waiting (1986–1988) and the Treasurer
of the Conservative Party
and the European Democrat Union
(1990–1992). He was Chairman of Ventech Healthcare Corporation (1986) and (1988–1992).
In 2004 Lord Beaverbrook was appointed Honorary Air Commodore of 4624 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force. In 2009 he was promoted to be Honorary Inspector General, RAuxAF, in the rank of Air Vice Marshal.
In 2003 Lord Beaverbrook claimed that 133 valuable paintings in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
given to the gallery by his grandfather were not donated, but were instead on long term loan from the Beaverbrook Foundation. The Family wishes the return of many of the paintings to be sold at auction to raise funds for the Beaverbrook UK charitable foundation. The paintings are estimated to be worth approximately $100 million Canadian. On March 26, 2007, the arbiter in the case, retired Supreme Court Justice Peter Cory, ruled that 85 paintings donated to the gallery before opening in the 1950s belong to the gallery, but that 48 paintings transferred after the opening belong the Lord Beaverbrook's charitable foundation.http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=119011 In reaction, Lord Beaverbrook stated that he will appeal the arbitration ruling. Another case from a second descendant of Lord Beaverbrook who heads the Canadian branch of the Beaverbrook foundation is trying to win the paintings from court actionhttp://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/23/nb-beaverbrook.html
United Kingdom
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peer
Peerage
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, baronet
Baronet
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and politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
.
Aitken is the grandson of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer.-Early career in Canada:...
and the only son of Sir Max Aitken
Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet
Sir John William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 2nd Baronet, DSO, DFC , formerly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook, was a British Conservative politician and press baron, the son of Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook....
, by his third marriage to Violet de Trafford.
He was educated at Charterhouse
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
and Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its...
.
- He married Susan Angela O'Ferrall (19 July 1977). They have four children:
- 1) The HonourableThe HonourableThe prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...
Maxwell Francis Aitken (born 1977), who is the heir apparentHeir apparentAn heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
. He married Inés Nieto Gómez-Valencia, daughter of Don José Ventura Nieto Valencia, on 9 November 2007 in Spain. - 2) The Honourable Alexander Rory Aitken (born 1978), married Alexandra Meredyth Anne Proby (b.1980, eldest daughter of Sir William Henry Proby, 3rd Bt., and of his wife, née Meredyth Anne Brentnall) on 10 February 2007.
- 3) The Honourable Charlotte Susanna Aitken (born 1982), married the Marquess of Bowmont and CessfordCharles Innes-Ker, Marquess of Bowmont and CessfordCharles Robert George Innes Ker, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford is the eldest son and heir apparent of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe and his first wife, the former Lady Jane Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster....
, eldest son and heir of the Duke of RoxburgheGuy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghethumb|right|Portrait by [[Allan Warren]]Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe , is a British aristocrat. He was the elder son of the 9th Duke by his second wife Elisabeth McConnel...
on 22 June 2011.http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marriages/136119/the-marquis-of-bowmont-and-cessford-and-the-hon-charlotte-aitken - 4) The Honourable Sophia Violet Angela Aitken (born 1983)
- 1) The Honourable
Lord Beaverbrook was a Lord in Waiting (1986–1988) and the Treasurer
Treasurer
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of the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
and the European Democrat Union
European Democrat Union
The European Democrat Union is one of the two European wings of the International Democrat Union, along with the European People's Party . Its members include Christian democratic, liberal conservative, and conservative political parties...
(1990–1992). He was Chairman of Ventech Healthcare Corporation (1986) and (1988–1992).
In 2004 Lord Beaverbrook was appointed Honorary Air Commodore of 4624 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force. In 2009 he was promoted to be Honorary Inspector General, RAuxAF, in the rank of Air Vice Marshal.
In 2003 Lord Beaverbrook claimed that 133 valuable paintings in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is a small art gallery on the southwest bank of the Saint John River at the edge of the central business district of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada...
given to the gallery by his grandfather were not donated, but were instead on long term loan from the Beaverbrook Foundation. The Family wishes the return of many of the paintings to be sold at auction to raise funds for the Beaverbrook UK charitable foundation. The paintings are estimated to be worth approximately $100 million Canadian. On March 26, 2007, the arbiter in the case, retired Supreme Court Justice Peter Cory, ruled that 85 paintings donated to the gallery before opening in the 1950s belong to the gallery, but that 48 paintings transferred after the opening belong the Lord Beaverbrook's charitable foundation.http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=119011 In reaction, Lord Beaverbrook stated that he will appeal the arbitration ruling. Another case from a second descendant of Lord Beaverbrook who heads the Canadian branch of the Beaverbrook foundation is trying to win the paintings from court actionhttp://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/23/nb-beaverbrook.html
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