Marcus Binney

Marcus Hugh Crofton Binney

Binney was educated at Eton College and read history of art at the University of Cambridge. The architect Walter Ison was a family friend, who encouraged the young Binney to study Sir Robert Taylor for his PhD.^[3]

Personal life

Binney married the Honourable Sara Anne Vanneck, daughter of Gerald Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 6th Baron Huntingfield, on 23 August 1966. They were divorced in 1976. She died in 1979. Binney remarried, to Anne Hills.^[4] Binney has two children.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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Binney was a co-curator of the

Binney was instrumental in saving Calke Abbey and its contents for the nation in 1984;^[7] he had highlighted and publicised the loss to the nation of such historic houses following the failure of Save's attempts to preserve Mentmore Towers, a decade earlier.

He also writes widely on the conservation of the built environment. From 1977 until 1984 he was Architectural Editor of the British Country Life magazine. He served as Editor from 1984 to 1986, and continues to contribute articles to the magazine.^[8][9]

He has been the architectural correspondent of The Times since 1991. He was founding Chairman of Heritage Link in 2002.^[10]

Binney authored numerous books, mostly concerned with the preservation of Britain's architectural heritage; while many of these can be typified by such titles as "The Country House: To Be or Not to Be" and "Re-use of Industrial Buildings" he has also written books dealing with the experiences of those involved in secret operations during World War II, such as "Secret War Heroes: The Men of Special Operations" and "The Women Who Lived for Danger". ^{[citation needed]} He has lectured on architecture in the United States, and narrated a 39-part television series "Mansions: The Great Houses of Europe" from 1993 to 1997, broadcast widely in North America, the Middle East and the Far East.

Honours

In recognition of his services to conservation and Britain's heritage, he was appointed

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Bibliography

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Books

• Binney, Marcus;
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• Binney, Marcus;
  ISBN 978-0289707746
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• Binney, Marcus; Harris, John; Winnington, Emma (1980). Lost Houses of Scotland. Save Britain's Heritage.
• Binney, Marcus;
  ISBN 978-0-905978-12-3
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• Binney, Marcus;
  ISBN 978-0-905978-19-2
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• Binney, Marcus; Machin, Francis; Powell, Ken (1990). Bright Future: Re-use of Industrial Buildings.
  ISBN 978-0-905978-29-1
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• Binney, Marcus (1999). The Ritz Hotel, London (1999). Thames & Hudson.
  ISBN 978-0-500-01934-4
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• Binney, Marcus (2002). The Women Who Lived for Danger: The Women Agents of SOE in the Second World War. Hodder & Stoughton.
  ISBN 0-340-81840-9
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• Binney, Marcus (2003). Great Houses of Europe: From the Archives of Country Life. Aurum Press.
  ISBN 978-1-85410-849-4
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• Binney, Marcus (2005). Secret War Heroes: The Men of Special Operations Executive. Hodder & Stoughton.
  ISBN 978-0-340-82909-7
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• Binney, Marcus (2006). The Ritz Hotel, London (Centenary ed.). Thames & Hudson.
  ISBN 978-0-500-51279-1
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• Binney, Marcus (2007). In Search of the Perfect House: 500 of the Best Buildings in Britain and Ireland. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
  ISBN 978-0-297-84455-6
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• Binney, Marcus (2016). Big Saves: Heroic transformations of great landmarks.
  ISBN 978-0-905978-74-1
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• Strong, Roy; Harris, John; Binney, Marcus (10 September 2014). "Fighting the good fight". Country Life. 208 (37): 118–124.[11]

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