David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe
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David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe, Template:Post-nominals (19 December 1937 – 15 November 2023), was a Welsh businessman and life peer who was a crossbench member of the House of Lords.[1][2][3] Lord Rowe-Beddoe was chairman of the Welsh Development Agency, and was chairman of Cardiff Airport until November 2016.[4]
Early life
David Sidney Rowe Beddoe was born on 19 December 1937, as the son of Sydney Rowe Beddoe a travelling salesman and Gwendolan Evans a singing teacher.
Rowe-Beddoe's early education was at The Cathedral School, Llandaff, Cardiff, where he won the Victor Ludorum in 1951. He attended Stowe School at Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, and St John's College, Cambridge.[5]
In 1964, Rowe-Beddoe married Malinda Collison, and the union produced three daughters. The couple were divorced in 1982. He remarried in 1984, to Madeleine Harrison.
Career
Rowe-Beddoe's career in business began at Thomas De La Rue in 1961; and he rose to the position of Chief Executive from 1971 through 1976. At Revlon, he was president, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa from 1976 through 1981. He also served as president, Morgan Stanley-GFTA Ltd from 1983 through 1991.[6]
Rowe-Beddoe was known as a Monaco-based businessman and a Tory party fund-raiser when an opportunity arose for him to be appointed to a Welsh quango;[7] and that opportunity led to others. He was appointed chairman of the Welsh Development Agency (WDA) in July 1993; and the term of this appointment was nine years.[8] He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in the 2000 Birthday Honours "for services to Industrial and Economic Development in Wales."[9][10]
In 2001, Sir David Rowe-Beddoe was appointed the Chairman of the Wales Millennium Centre; and he remained in this post.[11]
In 2004, Sir David Rowe-Beddoe was appointed president of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama having previously been a governor and chairman of the board.
In 2005, he received the Beacon Prize for Wales for his contribution to the economic and social development of Wales.[12]
On 15 June 2006, he was created a life peer as Baron Rowe-Beddoe, of Kilgetty in the County of Dyfed.[13][14]
In April 2007, Lord Rowe-Beddoe was created Pro-Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan.
Lord Rowe-Beddoe was a Deputy Chair of the UK Statistics Authority[15] who held responsibility for the governance of the Office for National Statistics.
An Anglican, Lord Rowe-Beddoe was chairman of the Representative Body of The Church in Wales from 2002 to 2012. [16]
Death
Lord Rowe-Beddoe died on 15 November 2023, at the age of 85.[17]
Honours
- Cardiff University, Honorary fellow, 1999.[18]
- University of Wales, Honorary degree (DScEcon), 2004.[19]
- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, 2008.[20]
- University of Glamorgan, Honorary Doctor
- University of Aberystwyth, Honorary fellow
- UWIC, Honorary Fellow
- UWCN, Honorary Fellow
- Deputy Lieutenant of Gwent
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Notes
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- ↑ Wales Millennium Centre: Template:Webarchive Rowe-Beddow bio. Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Jones, Bill. Political Issues in Britain Today, p. 290.
- ↑ Jones, Robert. "Changing chairs; Face-to-Face with Sir David Rowe-Beddoe," Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales). 29 December 2001.
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- ↑ Beacon Prize for Wales 2004, Beacon Fellowship.
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- ↑ "Baronies, Baron Rowe-Beddoe,"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore The Times (London). 8 July 2006.
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- ↑ Embassy of Japan in the U.K.: "Japanese Government honors Lord David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe," 18 December 2008.
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References
- Hill, Stephen, Brian Morgan and David Rowe-Beddoe. (1998). Inward Investment, Business Finance and Regional Development, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan. Template:ISBN; OCLC 39861489
- Jones, Bill. Political Issues in Britain Today. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 41017782
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