Samuel Whitbread (businessman, born 1937)
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Sir Samuel Charles Whitbread JP (22 February 1937 – 17 January 2023) was a British businessman and public servant.
Born in London on 22 February 1937 to Major Simon Whitbread,[1] he joined the board of Whitbread Plc in 1972 and became its chairman in 1984.[2] He stepped down from the chair eight years later and from the board in 2001. He has been chairman of Whitbread Farms Ltd since 1985 and was also a director of Whitbread Investments and Sun Alliance.[3]
Outside of business, Whitbread became a
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[5]
Whitbread died on 17 January 2023, at the age of 85.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Whitbread, Sir Samuel (Charles)". WHO'S WHO 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-0907383369.
- ^ a b c "Whitbread, Sir Samuel (Charles)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ Jim Stewart, "Sir Samuel Whitbread: 21 years as Bedfordshire’s Lord Lieutenant", Bedford Today, 8 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 12 June 2010 (issue 59446), p. 3
- ^ "Sir Samuel Charles Whitbread KCVO, JP, DL death notice". The Telegraph. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Sir Samuel Whitbread obituary". The Times. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.