Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox noble Basil Samuel Feldman, Baron Feldman (23 September 1923 – 19 November 2019) was a British businessman who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords. He sat in the House from 1996 until his retirement in 2017.
Biography
Feldman was born in September 1923 to Tilly (née Katz; 1902–1977) and Philip Feldman,<ref name=who>'Feldman, Basil' in Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 accessed 30 Jan 2010</ref> and was educated at the Grocers' School.<ref name=who/> Feldman began his first business in 1946, with Richard Beecham.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Feldman was a former member of Lloyd's of London, and was the director of The Young Entrepreneurs Fund from 1985 to 1994. He has been described as a former plastic-toy magnate whose business interests reportedly included "Sindy dolls, aircraft kits and yo-yos".<ref name="Independent"/> Feldman married his wife Gita Julius in 1952.<ref name=who/> His younger sister was Fenella Fielding, the actress. He had two sons and a daughter. One of his sons is Nick Feldman, bass guitarist of the band Wang Chung. Feldman was a member of the Garrick and Carlton Clubs.
He was knighted in 1982.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> On 15 January 1996, he was made a life peer as Baron Feldman, of Frognal in the London Borough of Camden.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> His sponsors were Margaret Thatcher and Cecil Parkinson, and he was introduced to the House of Lords on 14 February 1996.<ref name="Independent">Template:Cite news</ref>
Feldman died in November 2019 at the age of 96.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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References
External links
- Lord Feldman—biography, www.parliament.uk