Obituaries
Glencairn Balfour Paul: Diplomat, scholar and poet with a lifelong love of the Middle East
Glencairn Balfour Paul was a soldier, diplomat, traveller, explorer, scholar and poet, and excelled in all these diverse careers and vocations. Above all this floated an original dream of becoming an archaeologist, a dream which had to be abandoned because of family responsibilities. In the field of diplomacy, for which he was best known, he served in the Sudan Political Service and in Chile, Lebanon, Dubai and Bahrain before becoming ambassador to Iraq, then Jordan and Tunisia.
Inside Obituaries
Estelle Getty: Matriarch of 'The Golden Girls'
Thursday, 24 July 2008
As the wisecracking, tactless octogenarian Sophia Petrillo in the American sitcom The Golden Girls (1985-92), Estelle Getty found worldwide fame in her sixties after spending all her working life on the stage.
Dinko Sakic: Concentration camp commander
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Dinko Sakic was only 22 years old when, in 1944, he was appointed commander of Jasenovac, the most notorious of the wartime concentration camps established by Croatia's pro-Nazi ruling party, the Ustashe.
Lord Hunt of Tanworth
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Tam Dalyell is incorrect when, in his obituary of Lord Hunt of Tanworth [21 July], he writes that Hunt was sent to Downside, the Jesuit Roman Catholic school, writes the Marques of Lendinez.
Sir Dennis Weatherstone: Son of a London Transport clerk who became one of the greatest bankers of the late 20th century
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Dennis Weatherstone was one of the greatest bankers of the last quarter of the 20th century. Little known to the public, rarely interviewed, he was very much a bankers' banker, deeply respected within the profession.
Owen Parker: Edward Heath's sailing master
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Owen Parker, best known as Sir Edward Heath's sailing master, was one of the best-known yachtsmen of his generation and managed all of Heath's Morning Cloud yachts and their crews.
Mario Rigoni Stern: Author of 'The Sergeant in the Snow'
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Mario Rigoni Stern, one of the most underrated of contemporary Italian authors, was fortunate to see the end of the Second World War.
Lord Stokes: Tough industrialist unfairly blamed for the failure of Leyland merger
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Donald Stokes was chairman of the ill-fated British Leyland Motor Corporation from 1968 to 1975. He was unfairly blamed for the failure of the attempt to bring together all the major British-owned motor companies in the British Leyland Motor Corporation.
Jacob Blacker: Architect who assisted Goldfinger
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Before and after the Second World War, London was a magnet for talented and ambitious Commonwealth architecture graduates seeking professional experience. One of these was Jacob Blacker.
Raymond Lefevre: Maestro of easy listening
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Radio listeners who grew up in the Sixties will recall "Ame Câline" ("Soul Coaxing"), the haunting orchestral instrumental which became a staple of the pirate station Radio Caroline's playlist. Arranged, conducted and recorded by the orchestra leader Raymond Lefèvre and issued on the Major Minor label, which had close ties with Caroline, "Ame Câline" became a huge international hit in 1968.
Lord Hunt of Tanworth: Cabinet Secretary who appeared in the High Court
Monday, 21 July 2008
John Hunt, Secretary to the Cabinet, 1973-79, will forever be associated with his trundling to the High Court in 1974 and 1975, at the behest of Harold Wilson, to do his best to prevent or postpone the publication of Richard Crossman's The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister.
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