Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett

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Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett (22 October 1929 – 3 April 2015) was a British film producer/director, author and hereditary peer.[1]

Early life and education

Stowe School, Buckinghamshire

Michael Birkett was the only son of

MA.[citation needed
]

Succession

On 10 February 1962, Michael Birkett

succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Birkett, a UK Peerage title created in 1958.[2]

Career

Film productions

Birkett produced Some People (1962) and Harold Pinter's The Caretaker (1963), starring Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence and Robert Shaw, both directed by Clive Donner. Later production credits include Sir Peter Hall's 1969 film A Midsummer Night's Dream and Peter Brook's pictures Marat/Sade (1967) and King Lear (1971), starring Paul Scofield.[according to whom?] He was also executive producer of three episodes of Brook's television mini-series The Mahabharata (1989).

Writing

He was author of The Story of the Ring, a retelling of

Wagner's operatic epic, published in 2009.[3]

Public service and appointments

Birkett served as Deputy Director of

BAFTA,[citation needed] as well as heading numerous other arts bodies.[citation needed] He also served as the chairman of Governors of the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology (1990–2001),[citation needed] and chairman of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition (1990–2008).[citation needed
]

A

liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Curriers, later serving as Master Currier (1975–76).[clarification needed
]

House of Lords

Having succeeded as

not-for-profit, privately run lottery, a proposal eventually adopted under Prime Minister John Major in 1994.[citation needed
]

Family

On 13 October 1960, Birkett married Mrs Junia Crawford (née Elliott); Lady Birkett died in 1973.[8] In 1978 he married Gloria Taylor,[verification needed] daughter of Thomas Taylor, an industrialist, and they had a son, Thomas Birkett (born 25 July 1982).[8][verification needed] Gloria, Lady Birkett (mother, by a previous marriage, of the actor Alexander Siddig), died on 10 February 2001.[8]

Death and succession

Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, died in 2015 (aged 85),[

heir, Thomas Birkett, 3rd Baron Birkett, a cinematographer.[9]

Arms

The following is information regarding the coat of arms of the late Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett.[citation needed]

Coat of arms of Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett
Notes
Garter King of Arms (College of Arms
, 1958)
Crest
Between two Wings Gules a Viking Ship Proper
Helm
Coronet of a Baron
Escutcheon
Gules three full-bottomed Wigs Argent
Supporters
Dexter, a Lion Or semy of Roses Gules; Sinister, a Wolf Sable semy of Mullets Or
Motto
Lex mea lux (en: [The] law is my light)

References

  1. ^ 6:24PM BST 27 Apr 2015 (27 April 2015). "Lord Birkett, arts supremo - obituary". Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ISBN 0971196621. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help
    )
  3. ^ "The Story of the Ring retold by Michael Birkett (Hardback) — Products — Royal Opera House". Archive.is. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Main Page". Home Page. 31 March 1928. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Peers' Voting Rights (Hansard, 8 December 1988)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 8 December 1988. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Affiliates | the National Lottery". Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Affiliates | The National Lottery". Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. ^
    ISBN 9781870520805
    .
  9. ^ "Mallinsons". Mallinsons. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Norman Birkett
Baron Birkett
1962–2015 		Succeeded by
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