Background
SAINSBURY, Alan John Sainsbury was born on August 13, 1902. Son of John Benjamin and Mabel Miriam Sainsbury.
SAINSBURY, Alan John Sainsbury was born on August 13, 1902. Son of John Benjamin and Mabel Miriam Sainsbury.
Haileybury School.
Chairman 1956-1967, Jt. President since 1967. Chairman 70), Economics Development Committee the Distributive Trades (N.E.D.C.) 196468, Executive Committee PEP 1970-1976.
Vice-President Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce 1962-1966, The Association of Agriculture 73. President Grocer’s Institute 1963-1966, Director since 1966. President Pestalozzi Children's Village Trust since 1963, Multiple Shops Federation 1963-1965, Royal Institute Public Health and Hygiene 1965-1970.
Chairman Committee of Inquiry into relationship of pharmaceutical industry with National Health Service 1965-1967. Joined SDP 1981; President Distributive Trades Education and Training Council 1975-1983. Vice-President Pari. Group for World Government since 1982.
Chair, of Trustees, Overseas Students Advisory Bureau, Uganda Asian Relief Trust 1972-1974. Fellow, Institute of Food Science and Technology.
Liberal candidate Sudbury division of Suffolk General Elections, 1929, 31, 35. President Pestalozzi Children's Village Trust, since 1963, Distributive Trades Education and Training Council, 1975-1983. Vice president Royal Society Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, 1962-1966.
Member court University Essex, 1966-1976. Governor City Literature Institute, 1967-1969. Chairman trustees Overseas Students Advisory Bureau, Uganda Asian Relief Trust.
Vice president World Development Movement, International Volunteer Service, 1977-1981, Party Group for World Government, since 1982. Fellow Institute Food Science and Technology (honorary).
Married 1st Doreen Davan Adams (deceased) in 1925 (dissolved), three sons. Married 2nd Anne Elizabeth Lewy (deceased) in 1944, one daughter.