Background

Born in Yorkshire England on 14 May 1935.
Married to Judy Denman Taylor, US citizen, since 1965, with one daughter.

Education

Awarded Honorary Doctorates by:

• Brunel University 2005
• The Open University 2000
• Richmond, the American International University in London 1998
• New England College, New Hampshire 1991

1959-1961

Harvard Business School Master of Business Administration Awarded Charles Bell Scholarship by London Chamber of Commerce

1956-1959

Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, MA (Hons) in History

1954-1956

National Service officer with the King African Rifles in Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency

1947-1954

St Marylebone Grammar School, London & Roundhay School, Leeds