Patrons & Ambassadors

patrons

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  Baroness Hodgson of Abinger CBE

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  Fiona Hodgson works on international women’s issues especially in the context of developing and conflict countries and is Co-Chairman of the APPG on Women, Peace and Security.... Read more

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  Christina Lamb OBE

  Christina has been reporting on Afghanistan for almost three decades.  Shortly after graduating from Oxford she travelled with the Mujaheddin fighting the Soviet occupation,... Read more

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  Clive Anderson

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  Clive Anderson has been our host at 8 Literary Lunch Events which have raised around £250,000 since 2002.

  After practising as barrister for about  fifteen years, Clive... Read more

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  Colin Jardine-Brown FRCS FRCOG

  Professionally Colin worked as a generalist in obstetrics and Gynaecology with a particular interest in labour ward management, gynaecological oncology and colposcopy.  During... Read more

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  Lady Cowper-Coles

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  Born in 1953 and educated at home until the age of 12, then at Malvern Girls’ College, Lady Cowper-Coles went on to do bilingual secretarial course at Cambridge Tech and then to... Read more
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  Lord Iliffe

  Chairman of the Yattendon Group Plc, a family business involved in regional newspapers, marinas, property and agriculture.  High Sheriff of Warwickshire 1983-1984.  Chairman of... Read more

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  Matthew Fleming

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  Ex-England cricketer, Fleming played for Kent County Cricket Club for 14 years, Captained them for four, chaired the Professional Cricketers Association before his spell with... Read more

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  Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL

  Michael has written over 100 books for children since he began writing in 1982. His novel War Horse has recently been adapted into a play that has had two sell-out seasons at... Read more

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  Professor R J Heald CBE MChir FRCS

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  Bill Heald has a personal chair at the University of Southampton.  He is Director of the Pelican Centre and Colorectal Research Unit at the North Hampshire Hospital. He is a... Read more

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  Sir David Manning GCMG CVO

  Sir David studied at Oriel College, Oxford and at Johns Hopkins University.  He joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1972 and served in Warsaw, New Delhi, Paris and... Read more

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  Sophia Bergqvist

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  Bergqvist is the Managing Director and Owner of Quinta de la Rosa, producing port and wine form the family vineyard in N Portugal since 1988.  Prior to this, she spent fifteen... Read more