John Vaizey, Baron Vaizey

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John Ernest Vaizey, Baron Vaizey (1 October 1929 – 19 July 1984)[1] was a British author and economist, who specialised in education.

Background and education[]

Vaizey was the son of Ernest Vernon Vaizey and his wife Lucy Butler Hart.[2] He was educated at the school of Queen Mary's Hospital and went then to Queens' College, Cambridge.[3]

Career[]

In 1952, he joined the United Nations Office at Geneva and after a year was elected a fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[3] Three years later in 1956 Vaizey became a lecturer at the University of Oxford.[3] He moved to the University of London in 1960, where he oversaw a research unit as its director for the next two years.[3] Subsequently, Vaizey went to Worcester College, Oxford, having been appointed to its fellowship.[3] While at Worcester College, Vaizey set up a committee to aid people arrested in Oxford for , having accused the police of using agent provocateurs in policing public spaces.[4] In 1966, he obtained the newly created professorship at the Brunel University, heading its school of social sciences from 1973.[1]

Vaizey was offered the post of the vice-chancellor of the Monash University, based in Melbourne in 1975; however, after attacks by Australian artists against his close friend Bryan Robertson, who should have taken over the directorship of the National Gallery of Victoria, he declined the offer.[5] In the 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours he was designated for a life peerage and on 23 June, he was created Baron Vaizey, of Greenwich, in Greater London.[6] In his last years Vaizey served as principal of the St Catherine's Foundation at Cumberland Lodge.[2]

Family[]

In 1961, he married the author Marina Stansky, daughter of the lawyer Lyman Stansky from New York City.[7]

One of their children is the Conservative Party politician Edward Vaizey.[8]

Lord Vaizey died on 19 July 1984 in St Thomas' Hospital, London, following heart surgery.[1][9]

Works[]

  • The Trade Unionist and Full Employment (1955)
  • The Costs of Education (1958)
  • Scenes from Institutional Life and Other Writings (1959)
  • The Brewing Industry 1886–1951: An Economic Study (1960)
  • Britain in the Sixties: Education for tomorrow (1962)
  • The Economics of Education (1962)
  • Education in a Class Society: The Queen and her Horses Reign ([1963])
  • The Control of Education (1963)
  • Barometer Man (1966)
  • The Costing of Educational Plans (1967)
  • Industry and the Intellectuals (1970)
  • The Type to Succeed (1970)
  • Capitalism (1971)
  • Education (1971)
  • Social Democracy (1971)
  • The History of British Steel (1974)
  • Education in the Modern World (1975)
  • Political Economy and the Problems of Our Time (1975)
  • Capitalism and Socialism: A History of Industrial Growth (1980)
  • In Breach of Promise: Gaitskell, Macleod, Titmuss, Crosland, Boyle: Five Men who shaped a Generation (1983)
  • National Health (1984)

Arms[]

Coat of arms of John Vaizey, Baron Vaizey hide
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Crest
Between two martlets respectant Sable a cubit arm in armour the hand gauntleted and holding a sprig of oak leaves Proper.
Escutcheon
Azure on a cross engrailed between four cross crosslets erased Argent a Catherine wheel of the field.
Supporters
On either side a harlequin vested paly Argent and Azure cap and shoes Or supporting with the exterior hand a staff Proper.
Motto
Evasi [10]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cleveland (1985), p. 147
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Turner (1985), p. 410
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Dod (1984), p. 284
  4. ^ 'Importuning: Protest over arrests' Birmingham Daily Post 17 November 1966
  5. ^ Jones (2006), pp. 234–235
  6. ^ "No. 46945". The London Gazette. 25 June 1976. p. 8867.
  7. ^ "Obituary, Lyman Stansky". New York Times. 29 November 1993. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  8. ^ Musson, Jeremy (14 February 2008). "Interview: Ed Vaizey". Country Life. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  9. ^ Blake, Robert. "John Ernest Vaizey, Baron Vaizey". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  10. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1985.

References[]

  • Charles Roger Dod and Robert Philip Dod (1984). J. Berwick Smith (ed.). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1984. London: Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  • William A. Cleveland, ed. (1985). Britannica Book of the Year 1985. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. ISBN 0-85229-428-X.
  • Jones, Barry (2006). A Thinking Reed. Crowns Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-387-X.
  • Turner, Roland (1985). The Annual Obituary 1985. St Martin's Press. ISBN 0-912289-53-8.

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