Clive Pearson. A life, 1887-1965
Details:
- Author(s) Jolliffe, John
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1992
- Pages 160pp; illus
- Publisher Michael Russell
- Place Published Norwich
Topics:
- Name Cultural assets collection & patronage
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Written at the request of his family. Biography of second son of Weetman Pearson which touches on his substantial role in his family's business in succession to his father and as chairman of British Overseas Airways Corp (BOAC) from 1940. Much about his life outside business, especially his house at Parham and its library and other contents. Relatively little about S Pearson & Son. More about BOAC. Chapters include: 'Early background and education'; 'Early work, the war and marriage'; 'Parham and Castle Fraser'; 'Chile'; 'Life between the wars'; 'Collecting pictures and books'; 'Aircraft companies and BOAC'; 'The war at home'; 'The last years'. Appendices provide an account of the library at Parham and a transcription of a 1943 Parliamentary debate on BOAC