The Rt Hon Lord Vinson, LVO, DL's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Nigel Vinson
- Sex
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Male
- Decorations
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LVO (1979), DL (1990)
- Date of Birth
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27/1/1931
- Foretitle(s)
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Baron (Life Peer UK 1985), of Roddam Dene in the County of Northumberland;
- Surname
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VINSON
- Style
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The Rt Hon Lord Vinson, LVO, DL
- Recreations
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horses, objets d'art, crafts, farming
The Rt Hon Lord Vinson, LVO, DL's Professional Career
- Career
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Lt Queen's Royal Regt 1949-51; fndn donor Martin Mere Wildfowl Tst; fndr Plastic Coatings Ltd (chm 1952-72); dir: Sugar Bd 1968-75, British Airports Authority 1973-80, Centre for Policy Studies 1974-80; dep chm: Electra Investment Trust 1975-98, Barclays Bank UK 1982-88; memb Cncl King George V Jubilee Tst 1974-78, hon dir Queen's Silver Jubilee Tst 1974-78: dep chm CBI Smaller Firms Cncl 1979-84, chm: Cncl for Small Industries in Rural Areas 1980-82, Newcastle Technol Centre 1985-88, Rural Devpt Cmmn 1980-90, Bd of Tstees Inst of Econ Affrs 1989-96 (memb 1971-, chm 1987-95, life vice-pres 1996-); Industrial Participation Assoc: chm 1971-78, pres 1979-90; pres NE Civic Tst 1996-2000, chm Prince's Tst NE Region 1997-2000; tstee: St George's House Windsor Castle 1990-96, CIVITAS 2004-, Chillingham Wild Cattle Assoc 2009; gave village green to parish of Holburn Northumberland 2007; FIMgt, FRSA
The Rt Hon Lord Vinson, LVO, DL's Publications
- Books and Publications
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Personal and Portable Pensions for All (1985), Take Upon Retiring (1997)
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