Lord Beaverbrook
(1879-1964)
Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer
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William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper in the world, the Daily Express, which appealed to the conservative working class with intensely patriotic news and editorials. During the Second World War, he played a major role in mobilising industrial resources as Winston Churchill's Minister of Aircraft Production.
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William Maxwell Aitken 25 May 1879 Maple, Ontario, Canada
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| Died |
9 June 1964 (aged 85) Mickleham, Surrey, England, UK
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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Marcia Anastasia Christoforides 1909-1994 · British philanthropist, art collector and racehorse owner · m. 1963
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John William Maxwell 3rd child with Gladys Henderson Drury Female b. 1910 · Age: 115 · 1910- · Celebrity Baby
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