Tony Rudd (stockbroker)
Tony Rudd | |
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Born | Riley Anthony Winton Rudd 24 April 1924 Wandsworth, London, England |
Died | 29 May 2017 Kensington, London, England | (aged 93)
Nationality | British |
Education | Blundell's School |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
Occupation | Stockbroker |
Spouse |
Ethne FitzGerald (m. 1952) |
Children | 4, including Roland and Amber |
Riley Anthony Winton Rudd (24 April 1924 – 29 May 2017) was an English stockbroker who found success in the world of technology start-ups, but came under censure from the Department of Trade and Industry for his business practices.[1] Among his children were the politician Amber Rudd and the public relations executive Roland Rudd.
Early life
Tony Rudd was born in
Career
In 1949, Rudd joined the Bank of England. Three years later he became the bank's representative in Washington. In 1955 he switched to journalism at the Manchester Guardian where he covered the Suez Crisis from Egypt before joining the paper's city desk.[3]
In 1967, Rudd opened his own stockbroking firm, Rowe Rudd, in
Novelist
He turned to
Personal life
In 1952, Rudd married Ethne Etain FitzGerald,[9] a history graduate from the University of Oxford.[3] She was the daughter of Maurice Pembroke Fitzgerald, QC (grandson of the judge and Liberal politician John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald of Kilmarnock),[10] and Christine Fitzgerald (née Bradhurst; daughter of Augustus Maunsell Bradhurst).[11] Among their children were the British home secretary Amber Rudd[8] and the public relations executive Roland Rudd. Rudd and his wife had two other children, Amanda and Melissa.[3]
Rudd owned a townhouse in Kensington, and
Death
Rudd died on 29 May 2017. Just days after his death, his daughter Amber appeared on British television to represent the Conservative Party in a debate for the United Kingdom General Election of June 2017. Her brother Roland commented, "My parents had a strong view about carrying on. He would have wanted her to do the debate".[3]
Selected publications
- One boy's war. Quartet, London, 1990. ISBN 0704327600
References
- ^ "Revealed: Amber Rudd's father was involved in business she ran despite being declared unfit". the Guardian. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Riley A M Rudd. Family Search. Retrieved 12 June 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tony Rudd. The Times, 3 June 2017' retrieved 7 June 2017.(subscription required)
- ^ Frederick Rudd profile, FamilySearch.org; retrieved 12 June 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ "Tony Rudd, corporate financier – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ISBN 9781910902844. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Annual Report and Financial Statements 31 March 2014" (PDF). Stroke Association.
- ^ a b c Holly Watt & David Pegg, "Revealed: Amber Rudd's father was involved in business she ran despite being declared unfit", The Guardian, 5 October 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Anthony W R Rudd. Family Search. Retrieved 11 June 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, Vol. 1, p. 271.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, Vol. 3, p. 3044.