Geoffrey Heyworth, 1st Baron Heyworth
Geoffrey Heyworth, 1st Baron Heyworth (18 October 1894 – 15 June 1974), was a British businessman and public servant.
Heyworth was chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries[1] and of Unilever,[2] a company for which he worked for 48 years until his retirement in 1960.[3] He was also a member of the National Coal Board.[4] In 1951 he was appointed to a commission, led by Sir Lionel Cohen, set up to look into the issue of taxation on income and profits.[5] Having been Knighted in 1948,[6] on 25 July 1955 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Heyworth, of Oxton in the County Palatine of Chester,[7] in recognition of his "... public services".[2] He was the lead author of The Heyworth Report (1965), which led to the establishment of the Social Science Research Council.[1] He was also President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1949 to 1950.[8]
Lord Heyworth died in June 1974, aged 79. The barony died with him.
References
- 1 2 David Mills. Difficult Folk?: A Political History of Social Anthropology.
- 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 40497. p. 3257. 3 June 1955.
- ↑ The Glasgow Herald, 27 April 1960. "Tributes to Lord Heyworth on His Retirement".
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39688. p. 5823. 4 November 1952.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39119. p. 192. 9 January 1951.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38360. p. 4197. 23 July 1948.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40549. p. 4360. 29 July 1955.
- ↑ www.rss.org.uk Past Presidents
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Heyworth
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