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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  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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  Dr 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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  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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  Mike Atherton OBE

  Mike Atherton was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Cambridge University where he gained a degree in history. He played professional cricket from 1987 to 2001 for... 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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  Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL

  Sir 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... 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