Nigel Broackes
Sir Nigel Broackes | |
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Born | Nigel Broackes 21 July 1934 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
Died | 29 September 1999 (aged 65) Chelsea, London, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Brambletye School Stowe School |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Founder of Trafalgar House |
Spouse(s) | Joyce Edith Horne (née Skidmore) |
Children | 3 |
Sir Nigel Broackes (21 July 1934 – 29 September 1999) was the founder of Trafalgar House, one of the United Kingdom's largest contracting businesses.
Career[]
Born in Wakefield, Broackes was son of solicitor Donald Broackes and Nancy Rowland (née Tansley) Broackes. His father died in 1943 whilst serving in the Army, leaving only a small estate.[1] Broackes was educated at Brambletye School in Sussex and Stowe School, and joined Stewart & Hughman, a firm of Lloyd's underwriters on leaving school.[1] He then did national service and was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1953.[2]
After completing his national service and with the support of Eastern International, a small finance house, he started buying up bomb sites in London.[1] Eastern International became Trafalgar House and Broackes took a 21% stake in the business when it was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1963.[1] In 1964 the Company took a 49% stake in Bridge Walker, a construction company owned by Victor Matthews.[1] After that Broackes and Matthews worked together to build Trafalgar House into one of the United Kingdom's largest contracting businesses.[1] Trafalgar House owned the Cunard Line from 1971 to 1998. Broackes resigned in 1992 following heavy losses associated with a diversification into offshore activities.[1]
In 1979 Broackes became chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation, from which post he resigned in 1984.[1] He was knighted for his role at that organisation in 1984.[3]
He died in 1999 in Chelsea and is buried in the St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon. His estate was valued at over £16 million; his wife, who died in 1993, left an estate of over £5 million.[4][1][5]
Family[]
He was married (as her second husband) to Joyce Edith Horne, née Skidmore; they had two sons and a daughter.[1]
Arms[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Broackes, Sir Nigel (1934–1999), financier and industrialist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ "No. 39877". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1953. p. 3099.
- ^ "No. 49966". The London Gazette. 27 December 1984. p. 17387.
- ^ "Checkendon Churchyard Memorials". Find a grave. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Wills". The Independent. September 18, 2011.
- ^ "Goldsmiths Hall, 85 Broackes N". Baz Manning. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
Further reading[]
- Broakes, Nigel (1979). A Growing Concern. Littlehampton Book Services. ISBN 978-0297776543.
- 1934 births
- 1999 deaths
- People educated at Stowe School
- People educated at Brambletye School
- British chairpersons of corporations
- Knights Bachelor
- Businesspeople awarded knighthoods
- 20th-century British Army personnel
- Royal Armoured Corps officers
- British business biography, 20th-century birth stubs