Cyril Black
Cyril Wilson Black | |
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Michael Havers | |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 April 1902 |
Died | 29 October 1991 | (aged 89)
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | King's College School |
Sir Cyril Wilson Black (8 April 1902 – 29 October 1991) was a British
Life and career
Black was born in
Black served as a
Like his parents, Black was a strict
Black privately prosecuted the novel Last Exit to Brooklyn, when the government had decided on expert advice not to do so.[8] He won the case in the lower courts, but on appeal the publisher, John Calder, won, and, in the view of The Times, Calder's success virtually ended book censorship in Britain.[9] Black unsuccessfully campaigned against the publication of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover.[1] In 1970 he sued an American publisher and authors for libel. They had described him in print as "an evil person engaged in perversions". Black sought £1,000,000 damages and was awarded £43,000.[4] He also brought successful lawsuits against Private Eye for suggesting that he profited from a conflict of interests between his local government and property-development activities,[10] and Socialist Leader for calling him a racist.[1]
Black was chairman of Beaumont Properties Ltd from 1933 to 1980; chairman of the
In a biographical essay for the
- There were ... limits to his intolerance, and he was a man who strove mightily to do good. Nevertheless, he was not an easy man to like. ... In private he could be a reasonable, if over-earnest, conversationalist. But, as he went about his multifarious activities, with a permanent half-sneer on his face, and as he thundered in public against what he called decadence, he was a voice calling in the lonely wilderness.[1]
Black died on 29 October 1991.[1]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Cyril Black (855 noted)
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ required.)
- ^ a b Fletcher, pp. 18–19
- ^ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e Roth, Andrew. "No betting, no ginger beer", The Guardian, 31 October 1991, p. 39
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Sir Cyril Black", The Times, 31 October 1991, p. 20
- ^ "Fluoridation of Water Supplies", The Times, 12 July 1965, p. 11
- ^ Hansard. House of Commons: 27 February 1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Bill
- ^ De Jongh, Nicholas. "The last exit from humbug", The Guardian, 4 January 1990, p. 26
- ^ "John Calder - Lugubrious publisher of Samuel Beckett who was loved by women and fought against censorship", The Times, 18 August 2018, p. 30
- ^ "Substantial Libel Damages for Sir Cyril Black, MP", The Times, 13 June 1967, p.7
- ^ A Delightful Inheritance by P LeRoy, Monkton Print, 2018
- ^ "Obituary: Andrew Roth", The Daily Telegraph, 13 August 2010
References
- Fletcher, Iain (2004). Game, Set and Matched. London. ISBN 978-1-84344-018-5.)
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