BANHAM, Sir John Michael Middlecott (1940-2022)

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Thanks to Netty at nobiliana for this

From the Western Morning News online - 

Sir John DL BANHAM Peacefully on 9th August 2022, Sir John Banham DL aged 81 years. Beloved husband of Frances, father of Mark, Serena and Morwenna and proud grandfather of eight. Private Cremation. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday 7th October at 4pm at St. Hilary Parish Church TR20 9DQ. No flowers by request. Inquiries and donations for the RNLI Sennen Cove Branch and Dementia UK may be sent to Marcus Wilkinson, Funeral Director, Alfred Smith & Son, 31 Clarence St, Penzance TR18 2NX (01736 362592) or via www.alfredsmithfunerals.co.uk

He was a former DG of the CBI. He m 1965 Frances Barbara Molyneux b 1943 dau of Cdr Richard Molyneux FAVELL (1914-1995) and (m 1940) Barbara Bridget (1919-1996) dau of V-Adm Sir Cecil Ponsonby TALBOT, descended from the 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol (and also descended from 1st Viscount Folkestone, 5th Duke of Somerset, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly, 1st Baron Southampton etc), and Bridget BRADSHAW 

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Obit in Daily Telegraph 19 August 2022 -  Sir John Banham, combative business leader and director-general of the CBI in the Thatcher era – obituary (telegraph.co.uk)

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Sir John Banham, combative business leader and director-general of the CBI in the Thatcher era – obituary

Fluent and self-confident, he raised the CBI’s profile and worked with government, but did not hold back when things went wrong

Sir John Banham, who has died aged 81, was director-general of the CBI at the height of the Thatcher era, and later chairman of several major companies, including Kingfisher and Whitbread. He was also influential in local government reform and housing policy....

John Michael Middlecott Banham was born on August 22 1940 at the Palace Hotel in Torquay – requisitioned as a wartime RAF hospital – and brought up in Cornwall. His father Terence was an ear, nose and throat surgeon, then serving in the RAF medical branch; his mother Belinda was a health service administrator, later appointed CBE, and John attributed to both of them the high value he placed on public service.

Knighted in 1992, he became a deputy lieutenant of Cornwall, where he enjoyed “ground-clearing and gardening” at his home near the western tip of the county.

He married, in 1965, Frances Favell, who survives him with their two sons and a daughter.

Sir John Banham, born August 22 1940, died August 9 2022