Sir Michael Bunbury, 13th Baronet
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Sir Michael William Bunbury, 13th Baronet KCVO
, DL
(born 29 December 1946) is a British
businessman.
He joined IBM in 1967 and then joined the stockbroking firm, Buckmaster & Moore, in 1968 and moved to Smith & Williamson in 1974 where he was subsequently chairman and to which he is now a consultant. He was also chairman of Smith & Williamson Investment Management Ltd for seven years. He has been advising private clients and families on quoted and unquoted investments and property portfolios for 35 years.
and Trinity College, Cambridge
. Married with two sons and a daughter.
He lives at Naunton Hall, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
.
Royal Victorian Order
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, DL
Deputy Lieutenant
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(born 29 December 1946) is a British
United Kingdom
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businessman.
Business life
- Sometime Chairman of the Council of the Duchy of LancasterDuchy of LancasterThe Duchy of Lancaster is one of the two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. It is held in trust for the Sovereign, and is used to provide income for the use of the British monarch...
(became a member 1993; retired as Chairman and member of Council on 31 December 2005). - Appointed to the Board of Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust in March 1998, he is Chairman of the Private Equity Committee and represents the Company's interests on the advisory committee of its Private Equity Managers.
He joined IBM in 1967 and then joined the stockbroking firm, Buckmaster & Moore, in 1968 and moved to Smith & Williamson in 1974 where he was subsequently chairman and to which he is now a consultant. He was also chairman of Smith & Williamson Investment Management Ltd for seven years. He has been advising private clients and families on quoted and unquoted investments and property portfolios for 35 years.
- He is chairman of JP Morgan Fleming Claverhouse Investment Trust Plc.
- Patron of Holy Innocents, Great BartonGreat BartonGreat Barton is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England, about three miles from Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name is barley enclosure/demesne farm or outlying grange...
, SuffolkSuffolkSuffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. - A name at Lloyd's of LondonLloyd's of LondonLloyd's, also known as Lloyd's of London, is a British insurance and reinsurance market. It serves as a partially mutualised marketplace where multiple financial backers, underwriters, or members, whether individuals or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk...
, he became chairman of the PSL (Personal Stop LossPersonal Stop LossPersonal Stop Loss is a type of insurance policy which limits the losses of Names at Lloyd's of London, all of whom did underwrite with unlimited liability. Provided that the PSL responds to the claims made on it, the unlimited liability thereby becomes to some extent limited.PSL policies are not...
) Policyholders' Association. - Was High Sheriff of SuffolkHigh Sheriff of SuffolkThis is a list of High Sheriffs of Suffolk. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings...
in 2006.
Personal life
Educated Eton CollegeEton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. Married with two sons and a daughter.
He lives at Naunton Hall, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480. The town is served by Woodbridge railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Woodbridge is twinned with...
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