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William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, ONB (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century.
Aitken was born on 15 February 1910 in Montreal, the son of Gladys Henderson (Drury) and Max Aitken (later Lord Beaverbrook). He was the brother of Janet Gladys Aitken.He was educated at Sandroyd School then Downsend School, Westminster School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. [2]
Maxwell Aitken is the grandson of The 1st Baron Beaverbrook and the only son of Sir Max Aitken, by his third marriage to Violet de Trafford.He was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Defence Studies.
The first Baron Beaverbrook's daughter, Janet Gladys Aitken, was the mother of John Edward Aitken Kidd. He is the father of Jemma Wellesley, Marchioness of Douro , and Jodie Kidd . Another member of the Aitken family is the Conservative politician Jonathan Aitken , who is the great-nephew of the first Baron Beaverbrook.
Baron Beaverbrook, of Beaverbrook in the Province of New Brunswick in the Dominion of Canada and of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, newspaper publisher and World War II Minister of Aircraft Production Beaverbrook Newspapers
Janet Gladys Aitken (later Campbell, Montagu, and Kidd; 9 July 1908 – 18 November 1988) was a Canadian-British aristocrat and socialite. The daughter of Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, she grew up at Cherkley Court in Surrey. She was the first wife of Ian Campbell, later the Duke of Argyll, and the mother of Lady Jeanne Campbell.
The hotel, originally refurbished in 1909, was owned by Sir Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook. ... and framed photos of Lord Beaverbrook with bigwigs of the era, such as Winston Churchill ...
Marcia Anastasia Aitken, Baroness Beaverbrook (née Christoforides, previously Lady Dunn; 27 July 1909 – 28 October 1994) was a British philanthropist, an art collector, and racehorse owner. [ 1 ] Early life and first marriage